Bladensburg is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 7,557 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Bladensburg is the 144th largest community in Maryland.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bladensburg is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bladensburg is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bladensburg who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.96%), sales jobs (8.66%), and food service (6.82%).

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

In Bladensburg, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.16 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

In Bladensburg, a lot of people use the subway to get to work every day even though Bladensburg is a relatively small town. Those that ride the subway are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Bladensburg Information and Demographics

The citizens of Bladensburg are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 13.51% of adults in Bladensburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bladensburg in 2000 was $17,046, which is low income relative to Maryland, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $68,184 for a family of four.

Bladensburg is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bladensburg home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bladensburg is African-American, followed by White. Bladensburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.09% of the town's residents. The main ancestry of people in Bladensburg is Nigerian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Bladensburg's cultural character, accounting for 22.13% of the town's population.

The languages spoken by people in Bladensburg are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Bladensburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, African, and French.