Maryland Heights is a medium-sized city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 25,937 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Maryland Heights is the 27th largest community in Missouri.

Unlike some cities, Maryland Heights isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Maryland Heights are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Maryland Heights is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Maryland Heights who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.62%), sales jobs (12.10%), and management occupations (9.59%).

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

Maryland Heights, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Maryland Heights 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.

Residents of Maryland Heights by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 97.7% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Maryland Heights may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

For the size of the city, public transportation in Maryland Heights is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For Maryland Heights, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

Maryland Heights Information and Demographics

The population of Maryland Heights is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 38.68% of adults in Maryland Heights have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Maryland Heights in 2000 was $24,918, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $99,672 for a family of four.

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

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