About Quantico

Quantico is a very small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 1,047 people and just one neighborhood, Quantico is the 280th largest community in Maryland.

Unlike some towns , Quantico isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Quantico are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Quantico is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Quantico who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.83%), building maintenance and grounds keeping (8.82%), and sales jobs (7.21%).

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Quantico are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One downside of living in Quantico is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Quantico, the average commute to work is 34.42 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Quantico is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Quantico 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. 98.48% 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.

Being a small town, Quantico does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Quantico Information and Demographics

The education level of Quantico citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 24.38% of adults in Quantico have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Quantico in 2000 was $21,655, 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 $86,620 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Quantico is English.