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Lanham, MD
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Lanham profile


Living in Lanham



Lanham is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 11,282 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Lanham is the 72nd largest community in Maryland.

Also of interest is that Lanham 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: 9.71% 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 Lanham, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.68 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.

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

The percentage of people in Lanham who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.53% of adults in Lanham have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lanham in 2018 was $32,257, 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 $129,028 for a family of four. However, Lanham contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lanham is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lanham home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lanham residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Lanham also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.47% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lanham include Haitian, Other Subsaharan African, Sierra Leonean, Nigerian, and African.

Lanham also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 36.10%.

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