Frederick is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 85,793 people and 33 associated neighborhoods, Frederick is the sixth largest community in Maryland.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Frederick is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Frederick is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Frederick who work in management occupations (10.16%), office and administrative support (9.59%), and sales jobs (9.06%). Also of interest is that Frederick has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.01% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. The citizens of Frederick are among the most well-educated in the nation: 41.82% of adults in Frederick 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 Frederick in 2022 was $47,262, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $189,048 for a family of four. However, Frederick contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Frederick is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Frederick home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Frederick residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Frederick also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.54% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Frederick include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. Frederick also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.86%. The most common language spoken in Frederick is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
