Catonsville is a medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 44,701 people and 15 constituent neighborhoods, Catonsville is the 17th largest community in Maryland.
Catonsville is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.79% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Catonsville is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Catonsville who work in office and administrative support (11.55%), management occupations (10.84%), and teaching (10.65%).
Also of interest is that Catonsville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Catonsville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.74% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Catonsville is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Catonsville enrolled in college, Catonsville has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Catonsville, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Catonsville is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 50.68% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Catonsville in 2018 was $42,147, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $168,588 for a family of four. However, Catonsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Catonsville is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Catonsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Catonsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Catonsville include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Catonsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.