Fort Meade is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 9,324 people and three associated neighborhoods, Fort Meade is the 85th largest community in Maryland. Much of the housing stock in Fort Meade was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Fort Meade economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Fort Meade, where the median household income is $94,110.00.

Fort Meade home prices are not only among the most expensive in Maryland, but Fort Meade real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Fort Meade is a military town: the armed forces employs 26.01% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Public Service and Retail are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 32.38% and 13.88% of the civilian workforce respectively.

Also of interest is that Fort Meade has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

The education level of Fort Meade ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Fort Meade, 42.52% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Fort Meade in 2022 was $35,407, 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 $141,628 for a family of four. However, Fort Meade contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fort Meade is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Meade home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Meade residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fort Meade also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.18% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Meade include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European.

The most common language spoken in Fort Meade is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.