Midland - Midlothian is a very small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 2,484 people and just one neighborhood, Midland - Midlothian is the 182nd largest community in Maryland.
Unlike some towns, Midland - Midlothian isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Midland - Midlothian are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Midland - Midlothian is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Midland - Midlothian who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (11.11%), food service (10.54%), and office and administrative support (8.76%).
Also of interest is that Midland - Midlothian has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Because of many things, Midland - Midlothian is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Midland - Midlothian really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Midland - Midlothian perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
Midland - Midlothian is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Midland - Midlothian who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.74% of adults in Midland - Midlothian have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Midland - Midlothian in 2018 was $31,998, which is lower middle income relative to Maryland, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,992 for a family of four. However, Midland - Midlothian contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Midland - Midlothian home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Midland - Midlothian residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Midland - Midlothian include German, Scottish, Irish, English, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Midland - Midlothian is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 95.5% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.4% of all American neighborhoods.
The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 99.0% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh and Scottish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry and 10.3% have Scottish ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Midland - Midlothian are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 45.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 51.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 38.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 35.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions (20.8%), and 16.0% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (4.0%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Midland - Midlothian, MD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (14.7%). There are also a number of people of Scottish ancestry (10.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (9.2%), along with some Welsh ancestry residents (7.4%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (54.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (95.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.