St. James is a

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(CDP) in Washington County,

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, United States. The population was 1,657 at the 2000 census. It is also the home of St. James School, Hagerstown, a small, Episcopalian, boarding school. St. James was formerly named "Lydia."

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,657 people, 631 households, and 499 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 655 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.65%

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, 2.29%

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, 1.21% Asian, 0.42% from other races, and 0.42% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.78% of the population. There were 631 households, out of which 36.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.8% were

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living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.9% were non-families. 16.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 2.94. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 24.9% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.2 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $53,750, and the median income for a family was $65,924. Males had a median income of $39,464 versus $28,594 for females. The

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for the CDP was $20,193. About 2.3% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the

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, including 9.7% of those under age 18 and 3.3% of those age 65 or over.

References

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