Towson is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 51,838 people and 14 constituent neighborhoods, Towson is the 11th largest community in Maryland.

Towson is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 92.55% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Towson is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Towson who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.58%), sales jobs (13.51%), and management occupations (11.28%).

Of important note, Towson is also a town of artists. Towson has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Towson's character.

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

Towson is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Towson enrolled in college, Towson has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.

Not only is Towson a town with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. That's because Towson is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Towson a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Towson is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Towson has quite a few people who use public transportation to get to work each day, primarily riding the bus.

Towson Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Towson, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Towson is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 53.24% 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 Towson in 2000 was $32,502, which is wealthy relative to Maryland and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $130,008 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Towson is English. Some people also speak Spanish.