About Port Tobacco Village

Port Tobacco Village is a tiny coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 6 people and just one neighborhood, Port Tobacco Village is the 310th largest community in Maryland.

Port Tobacco Village is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 100.00% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Port Tobacco Village is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Port Tobacco Village who work in architecture and engineering (40.00%), sales jobs (40.00%), and office and administrative support jobs (20.00%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 50.00% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

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

One of the nice things about Port Tobacco Village 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.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Port Tobacco Village spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 10.00 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

Port Tobacco Village is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Port Tobacco Village 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. 100% 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.

Port Tobacco Village 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.

Port Tobacco Village Information and Demographics

The population of Port Tobacco Village is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 33.33% of adults in Port Tobacco Village have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Port Tobacco Village in 2000 was $43,017, which is wealthy relative to Maryland and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $172,068 for a family of four. However, Port Tobacco Village contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Port Tobacco Village also has one of the lowest poverty rates in America, with just 0% of the people in Port Tobacco Village living in poverty.

Port Tobacco Village is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Port Tobacco Village home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Port Tobacco Village is White, followed by African-American.

The most common language spoken in Port Tobacco Village is English.