The population of Garrett county is estimated at 29,344. In 2017 there were 292 births and 333 deaths in Garrett county. Garrett county has 5,211 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,080 that are owned free and clear and 2,766 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Garrett County filed 13,590 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.5% of all Maryland filings and 0.009% of the entire nation. Garrett had a combined total federal tax liability of $98,388,000 on earned income of $677,098,000. Other notable statistics from Garrett County were 1,020 unemployment claims which collected a total of $4,421,000 and 2,770 charitable contributions valued at $11,739,000. 3,220 filings from Garrett County paid a combined total of $9,857,000 in property taxes and 2,620 filings paid $17,037,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Garrett county had 96 religious congregations with an estimated 11,015 members.
19.6% of the Garrett population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 10.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 44% of Garrett County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 792 votes.
At $46,899 the median income is 58.1% of the Maryland average. An estimated 814 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Garrett, the equivalant of around 5.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Garrett County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,797	Health care and social assistance
1,714	Retail trade
1,219	Other services (except public administration)
1,128	Manufacturing
1,017	Food services and drinking places
1,005	Restaurants and other eating places
619	Full-service restaurants
437	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
429	Social assistance
415	Administrative and support services
397	Professional, scientific, and technical services
374	Ambulatory health care services
355	Limited-service restaurants
321	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
311	Real estate

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.10% in Garrett County.

In 2018 6.33% of listings in Garrett County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 21541, 21550 and 21561) dropped their price.

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