Davidsonville is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 7,502 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Davidsonville is the 148th largest community in Maryland.

Davidsonville is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.25% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Davidsonville is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Davidsonville who work in management occupations (15.89%), sales jobs (15.47%), and office and administrative support jobs (14.38%).

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

In addition, Davidsonville is home to many people who could 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.

Because of many things, Davidsonville is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Davidsonville a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Davidsonville has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Davidsonville's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Davidsonville 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 Davidsonville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Davidsonville, the average commute to work is 33.61 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Davidsonville is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Davidsonville, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 96.62% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Davidsonville 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.

Davidsonville Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Davidsonville, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Davidsonville is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 46.54% 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 Davidsonville in 2000 was $40,922, which is wealthy relative to Maryland and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $163,688 for a family of four. However, Davidsonville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Davidsonville is English.