Indian Head is a very small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 4,025 people and two associated neighborhoods, Indian Head is the 145th largest community in Maryland.Indian Head is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.74% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Indian Head is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Indian Head who work in office and administrative support (14.37%), sales jobs (13.48%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (10.07%). Also of interest is that Indian Head 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 Indian Head telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.55% 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 Indian Head is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Indian Head, the average commute to work is 42.19 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. In Indian Head, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Indian Head is a relatively small town. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.The education level of Indian Head citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.16% of adults 25 and older in Indian Head have a college degree. The per capita income in Indian Head in 2022 was $39,761, 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 $159,044 for a family of four. However, Indian Head contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Indian Head is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Indian Head home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Indian Head residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Indian Head include English, Irish, German, Dutch, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Indian Head is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
