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.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Fort Washington is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.62% 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. In Fort Washington, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 40.26 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. Like elsewhere in America, most people in Fort Washington use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Fort Washington‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the subway. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.Fort Washington is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 42.93% of adults in Fort Washington have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher. 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.
