Lanham is a medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 37,098 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Lanham is the 24th largest community in Maryland.

Unlike some towns, Lanham isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Lanham are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lanham is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lanham who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.32%), sales jobs (8.83%), and management occupations (8.82%).

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

In addition, Lanham is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." 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.

In Lanham, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.38 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

For the size of the town, public transportation in Lanham is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For Lanham, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

Lanham Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Lanham is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 28.48% of adults in Lanham have a college degree.

The per capita income in Lanham in 2000 was $23,478, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $93,912 for a family of four. However, Lanham contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lanham is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lanham home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lanham is African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Lanham include African, German, Irish, and Nigerian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Lanham's cultural character, accounting for 16.20% of the town's population.

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