Gaithersburg is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 52,780 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, Gaithersburg is the 9th largest community in Maryland.

Gaithersburg is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 87.26% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Gaithersburg is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gaithersburg who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.91%), management occupations (11.32%), and sales jobs (9.87%).

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

One thing noticeable about Gaithersburg, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That's because Gaithersburg is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Gaithersburg a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Gaithersburg is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

One downside of living in Gaithersburg is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Gaithersburg, the average commute to work is 31.26 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Gaithersburg Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Gaithersburg, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Gaithersburg is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 46.47% 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 Gaithersburg in 2000 was $27,323, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,292 for a family of four. However, Gaithersburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Gaithersburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gaithersburg home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Gaithersburg is White, followed by African-American. Gaithersburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.27% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Gaithersburg include Irish, German, English, and Italian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Gaithersburg's cultural character, accounting for 34.26% of the city's population.

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