Hagerstown is a medium-sized city located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 36,739 people and 17 constituent neighborhoods, Hagerstown is the 25th largest community in Maryland. Hagerstown has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Hagerstown is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hagerstown is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hagerstown who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.41%), sales jobs (10.66%), and food service (6.02%).

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Hagerstown use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Hagerstown's citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding taxis. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

Hagerstown Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Hagerstown with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 11.81% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hagerstown in 2000 was $17,153, which is low income relative to Maryland, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $68,612 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Hagerstown is English.