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Beltsville, MD
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Living in Beltsville



Beltsville is a medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 20,133 people and six associated neighborhoods, Beltsville is the 51st largest community in Maryland.

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.33% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Beltsville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.97 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the town are by private automobile, Beltsville is somewhat unusual for a town of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, taxis helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Beltsville area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

The overall education level of Beltsville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.64% of adults in Beltsville have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Beltsville in 2022 was $37,444, which is lower middle income relative to Maryland, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $149,776 for a family of four. However, Beltsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Beltsville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Beltsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Beltsville, accounting for 43.93% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Beltsville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Beltsville include Irish, German, English, African, and Other Subsaharan African.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Beltsville's cultural character, accounting for 40.45% of the town’s population.

The most common language spoken in Beltsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.