Greenbelt is a medium-sized city located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 24,360 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Greenbelt is the 46th largest community in Maryland.

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

Of important note, Greenbelt is also a city of artists. Greenbelt has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Greenbelt’s character.

A relatively large number of people in Greenbelt telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.87% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Greenbelt, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

One downside of living in Greenbelt, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.73 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

For the size of the city, public transportation in Greenbelt is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For Greenbelt, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

The education level of Greenbelt ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Greenbelt, 46.48% 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 Greenbelt in 2022 was $44,710, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $178,840 for a family of four. However, Greenbelt contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Greenbelt is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Greenbelt home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Greenbelt residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Greenbelt also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.38% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Greenbelt include Irish, German, Other Subsaharan African, English, and Nigerian.

Greenbelt also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 29.22%.

The most common language spoken in Greenbelt is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.