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.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.28% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Beltsville, the average commute to work is 34.33 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
For the size of the town, public transportation in Beltsville is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking taxis. For Beltsville, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.
The education level of Beltsville citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.72% of adults in Beltsville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Beltsville in 2022 was $37,581, 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 $150,324 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 42.47% 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 English, Irish, Other Subsaharan African, African, and German.
Beltsville also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 40.46%.
The most common language spoken in Beltsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.