Waldorf is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 81,410 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Waldorf is the fourth largest community in Maryland.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Waldorf is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Waldorf is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Waldorf who work in office and administrative support (13.49%), management occupations (11.19%), and business and financial occupations (9.79%). Also of interest is that Waldorf 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: 14.33% 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. One downside of living in Waldorf is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Waldorf, the average commute to work is 40.14 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. For the size of the town, public transportation in Waldorf is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Waldorf, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.In terms of college education, Waldorf is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.38% of adults in Waldorf have a college degree. The per capita income in Waldorf in 2022 was $48,410, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $193,640 for a family of four. However, Waldorf contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Waldorf is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Waldorf home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Waldorf residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Waldorf include Irish, English, German, African, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Waldorf is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
