New Carrollton is a somewhat small city located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 13,403 people and four associated neighborhoods, New Carrollton is the 65th largest community in Maryland.
Also of interest is that New Carrollton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in New Carrollton telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.02% 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.
One downside of living in New Carrollton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In New Carrollton, the average commute to work is 33.39 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
Even though New Carrollton is a smaller city, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
In terms of college education, New Carrollton is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.36% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in New Carrollton in 2022 was $33,170, which is low income relative to Maryland, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,680 for a family of four. However, New Carrollton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
New Carrollton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call New Carrollton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Carrollton residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. New Carrollton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.38% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in New Carrollton include African, Nigerian, Other Subsaharan African, Jamaican, and Irish.
New Carrollton also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 39.00%.
The most common language spoken in New Carrollton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.