In Seat Pleasant, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.27 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Despite the fact that it is a small city, Seat Pleasant has quite a few people who take public transportation – mostly the subway - for their daily commute to work. This helps to fill a real need in the city for affordable transportation.
The education level of Seat Pleasant citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.75% of adults 25 and older in Seat Pleasant have a college degree.
The per capita income in Seat Pleasant in 2018 was $36,959, 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 $147,836 for a family of four. However, Seat Pleasant contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Seat Pleasant is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Seat Pleasant home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Seat Pleasant residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by Asian. Seat Pleasant also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.35% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Seat Pleasant include Nigerian, African, Trinidadian and Tobagonian, Jamaican, and German.
The most common language spoken in Seat Pleasant is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
