Lochearn is a medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 25,290 people and eight constituent neighborhoods, Lochearn is the 50th largest community in Maryland.

Lochearn is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lochearn is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lochearn who work in office and administrative support jobs (21.88%), management occupations (7.00%), and teaching (6.99%).

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

In addition, Lochearn 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.

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

Lochearn Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Lochearn is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 23.63% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lochearn in 2000 was $21,652, 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 $86,608 for a family of four.

Lochearn is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lochearn home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lochearn is African-American, followed by White. The main ancestry of people in Lochearn is German.

The most common language spoken in Lochearn is English. Some people also speak Spanish.