Fort Washington is a medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 24,261 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Fort Washington is the 47th largest community in Maryland.

Housing costs in Fort Washington are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Maryland.

Also of interest is that Fort Washington 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: 14.62% 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 Fort Washington is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Fort Washington, the average commute to work is 40.26 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 Fort Washington is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For Fort Washington, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

The citizens of Fort Washington are among the most well-educated in the nation: 42.93% of adults in Fort Washington have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Fort Washington in 2018 was $56,189, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $224,756 for a family of four.

Fort Washington is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Washington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Washington residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Fort Washington also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.77% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Washington include English, Irish, German, Jamaican, and African.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Fort Washington's cultural character, accounting for 21.65% of the town’s population.

The most common language spoken in Fort Washington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.