About Newburg

Newburg is a very small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 2,682 people and just one neighborhood, Newburg is the 221st largest community in Maryland.

Newburg is a blue-collar town, with 37.1% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Newburg is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Newburg who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.67%), management occupations (7.95%), and sales jobs (7.32%).

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

One of the nice things about Newburg is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the town are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

One downside of living in Newburg, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 48.69 minutes every day commuting to work.

Newburg is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Newburg isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.24% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Newburg is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Newburg Information and Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Newburg is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 14.96%: just 10.22% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Newburg in 2000 was $20,858, which is lower middle income relative to Maryland, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $83,432 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Newburg is English.