Upper Marlboro is a tiny town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 702 people and 20 associated neighborhoods, Upper Marlboro is the 245th largest community in Maryland.Upper Marlboro is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 89.90% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Upper Marlboro is a town of professionals, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Upper Marlboro who work in management occupations (18.14%), teaching (14.43%), and business and financial occupations (11.55%). Also of interest is that Upper Marlboro 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: 8.52% 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 addition, Upper Marlboro is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre. One downside of living in Upper Marlboro is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Upper Marlboro, the average commute to work is 32.38 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. Despite being a small town, Upper Marlboro has a lot of people using the subway to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the subway are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.If knowledge is power, Upper Marlboro is a pretty powerful place. 56.78% of the adults in Upper Marlboro have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Upper Marlboro in 2022 was $55,013, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $220,052 for a family of four. Upper Marlboro is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Upper Marlboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Upper Marlboro residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Upper Marlboro include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Upper Marlboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Russian.
