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Bladensburg, MD
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Living in Bladensburg



Bladensburg is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 9,444 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Bladensburg is the 80th largest community in Maryland.

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

One downside of living in Bladensburg is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Bladensburg, the average commute to work is 37.25 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.

In Bladensburg, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Bladensburg is a relatively small town. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

The percentage of adults in Bladensburg with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.45% of adults in Bladensburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bladensburg in 2018 was $23,308, which is low income relative to Maryland, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $93,232 for a family of four. However, Bladensburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Bladensburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bladensburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bladensburg residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Bladensburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.08% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bladensburg include African, Other Subsaharan African, Nigerian, Liberian, and German.

In addition, Bladensburg has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (29.40%).

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


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