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Upper Marlboro, MD
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Upper Marlboro profile


Living in Upper Marlboro



Upper Marlboro is a tiny town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 702 people and 20 constituent neighborhoods, Upper Marlboro is the 245th largest community in Maryland.

Also of interest is that Upper Marlboro 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: 10.12% 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 Upper Marlboro is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Upper Marlboro, the average commute to work is 35.61 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.

Despite being a small town, Upper Marlboro has a lot of people using the subway to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the subway are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Upper Marlboro. 51.05% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.

The per capita income in Upper Marlboro in 2018 was $53,566, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $214,264 for a family of four.

Upper Marlboro is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Upper Marlboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Upper Marlboro residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Upper Marlboro include Irish, German, Italian, Welsh, and English.

The most common language spoken in Upper Marlboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Russian.