About Glenn Dale

Glenn Dale is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 12,816 people and just one neighborhood, Glenn Dale is the 101st largest community in Maryland.

Glenn Dale is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.54% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Glenn Dale is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Glenn Dale who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.92%), management occupations (16.45%), and sales jobs (8.67%).

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

Glenn Dale, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the town.

Because of many things, Glenn Dale is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Glenn Dale 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, Glenn Dale has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Glenn Dale's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Glenn Dale, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.88 minutes every day commuting to work.

Glenn Dale Information and Demographics

The education level of Glenn Dale citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 42.50% of adults in Glenn Dale have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Glenn Dale in 2000 was $27,920, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,680 for a family of four. However, Glenn Dale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

Foreign born people are also an important part of Glenn Dale's cultural character, accounting for 15.24% of the town's population.

The most common language spoken in Glenn Dale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African.