Severna Park is a medium-sized coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 28,598 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Severna Park is the 42nd largest community in Maryland.

Severna Park is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.20% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Severna Park is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Severna Park who work in management occupations (16.67%), office and administrative support jobs (12.45%), and sales jobs (12.43%).

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

In addition, Severna Park is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

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

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Severna Park 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.

For most residents of Severna Park, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 97% of people in Severna Park drive alone to work on most days, making Severna Park a very car-oriented town. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Severna Park's landscape.

Severna Park Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Severna Park, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Severna Park is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 50.50% 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 Severna Park in 2000 was $34,985, which is wealthy relative to Maryland and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $139,940 for a family of four. However, Severna Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Severna Park is English.