Glenn Dale is a medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 14,698 people and three associated neighborhoods, Glenn Dale is the 63rd largest community in Maryland. Housing costs in Glenn Dale are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Maryland.Glenn Dale is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.65% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Glenn Dale is a town of professionals, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Glenn Dale who work in management occupations (11.18%), healthcare (9.65%), and business and financial occupations (9.30%). Also of interest is that Glenn Dale 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: 19.22% 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. In Glenn Dale, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.99 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. In Glenn Dale, a lot of people use the subway to get to work every day though Glenn Dale is a relatively small town. Those that ride the subway are primarily traveling out of town 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 Glenn Dale. 51.32% 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 Glenn Dale in 2022 was $56,533, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $226,132 for a family of four. Glenn Dale is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Glenn Dale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glenn Dale residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Glenn Dale also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.36% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Glenn Dale include Nigerian, African, German, Irish, and Zimbabwean. In addition, Glenn Dale has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (23.29%). The most common language spoken in Glenn Dale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
