About Myersville

Myersville is a very small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 1,365 people and just one neighborhood, Myersville is the 266th largest community in Maryland.

Myersville is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 87.15% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Myersville is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Myersville who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.08%), management occupations (14.42%), and sales jobs (9.09%).

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

Because of many things, Myersville is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Myersville a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Myersville has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Myersville's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Myersville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.14 minutes every day commuting to work.

Myersville is a very car-oriented town. 100% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Myersville 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. Myersville 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, Myersville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Myersville Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Myersville is a pretty powerful place. 47.15% of the adults in Myersville have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Myersville in 2000 was $24,207, 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 $96,828 for a family of four. However, Myersville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Myersville is English.