About Jarrettsville

Jarrettsville is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 7,358 people and just one neighborhood, Jarrettsville is the 152nd largest community in Maryland.

Unlike some towns , Jarrettsville isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Jarrettsville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Jarrettsville is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Jarrettsville who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.04%), sales jobs (12.71%), and management occupations (12.06%).

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

In addition, Jarrettsville 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, Jarrettsville 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, Jarrettsville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Jarrettsville 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 Jarrettsville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Jarrettsville, the average commute to work is 33.71 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Jarrettsville is a very car-oriented town. 98.79% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Jarrettsville is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Jarrettsville has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

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

Jarrettsville Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Jarrettsville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 28.67% of adults in Jarrettsville have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Jarrettsville in 2000 was $25,696, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,784 for a family of four. However, Jarrettsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Jarrettsville is English.