About Darnestown

Darnestown is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 6,378 people and just one neighborhood, Darnestown is the 160th largest community in Maryland.

Darnestown is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 95.18% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Darnestown is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Darnestown who work in management occupations (19.51%), business and financial occupations (11.57%), and office and administrative support jobs (9.69%).

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

A relatively large number of people in Darnestown telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.93% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Darnestown 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.

Because of many things, Darnestown is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Darnestown really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Darnestown perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Darnestown is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Darnestown, the average commute to work is 33.86 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Darnestown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Darnestown Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Darnestown, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Darnestown is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 71.97% 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 Darnestown in 2000 was $52,466, which is wealthy relative to Maryland and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $209,864 for a family of four. However, Darnestown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Darnestown is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Darnestown home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Darnestown is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Darnestown include German, Irish, Italian, English, Polish, and European.

The most common language spoken in Darnestown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.