Fort Washington is a medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 24,261 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Fort Washington is the 47th largest community in Maryland. Housing costs in Fort Washington 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.Fort Washington is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Washington is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Washington who work in management occupations (11.76%), computer science and math (10.55%), and business and financial occupations (9.92%). Also of interest is that Fort Washington 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 Fort Washington telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.62% 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 Fort Washington is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Fort Washington, the average commute to work is 40.26 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 Fort Washington is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For Fort Washington, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.The education level of Fort Washington ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Fort Washington, 42.93% 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 Washington in 2022 was $56,189, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $224,756 for a family of four. Fort Washington is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Washington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Washington residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Fort Washington also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.77% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Washington include English, Irish, German, Jamaican, and African. Fort Washington also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 21.65%. The most common language spoken in Fort Washington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
