Waldorf is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 81,410 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Waldorf is the fourth largest community in Maryland.Waldorf is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Waldorf is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Waldorf who work in office and administrative support (13.74%), management occupations (10.74%), and business and financial occupations (8.75%). Also of interest is that Waldorf 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 Waldorf telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.48% 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. In Waldorf, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 40.64 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. For the size of the town, public transportation in Waldorf is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Waldorf, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.In terms of college education, Waldorf is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.40% of adults in Waldorf have a college degree. The per capita income in Waldorf in 2022 was $46,663, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $186,652 for a family of four. However, Waldorf contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Waldorf is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Waldorf home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Waldorf residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Waldorf include German, English, Irish, Italian, and African. The most common language spoken in Waldorf is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
