About Phoenix

Phoenix is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 7,838 people and just one neighborhood, Phoenix is the 138th largest community in Maryland.

Phoenix is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.78% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Phoenix is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Phoenix who work in management occupations (19.86%), sales jobs (12.64%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.99%).

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

In addition, Phoenix 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.

Because of many things, Phoenix 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, Phoenix really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Phoenix 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.

In Phoenix, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.93 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Phoenix is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Phoenix, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.86% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Phoenix 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.

Phoenix Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Phoenix, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Phoenix is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 57.11% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Phoenix in 2000 was $45,724, which is wealthy relative to Maryland and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $182,896 for a family of four. However, Phoenix contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Phoenix home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Phoenix is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Phoenix include German, Irish, English, Italian, Polish, Greek, and European.

The most common language spoken in Phoenix is English.