Arnold is a medium-sized coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 23,395 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Arnold is the 57th largest community in Maryland.

Arnold is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.27% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Arnold is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Arnold who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.73%), management occupations (14.21%), and sales jobs (12.49%).

Also of interest is that Arnold has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Arnold is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Arnold is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Arnold's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Arnold are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One downside of living in Arnold is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Arnold, the average commute to work is 30.43 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Residents of Arnold by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 97.1% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented town. While Arnold may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

As is often the case in a small town, Arnold doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Arnold Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Arnold, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Arnold is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 48.32% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Arnold in 2000 was $31,236, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,944 for a family of four. However, Arnold contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Arnold home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Arnold is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Arnold include German, Irish, English, Italian, Scottish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Arnold is English.