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Aquasco, MD

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Overview

Aquasco is a tiny town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 913 people and just one neighborhood, Aquasco is the 230th largest community in Maryland. Aquasco has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Housing costs in Aquasco 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.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Aquasco isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Aquasco are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Aquasco is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Aquasco who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (20.27%), office and administrative support (11.00%), and sales jobs (8.93%).

Of important note, Aquasco is also a town of artists. Aquasco has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Aquasco’s character.

Also of interest is that Aquasco 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: 17.89% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

One downside of living in Aquasco is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Aquasco, the average commute to work is 42.45 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Aquasco does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The education level of Aquasco citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.93% of adults 25 and older in Aquasco have a college degree.

The per capita income in Aquasco in 2022 was $34,459, which is low income relative to Maryland, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $137,836 for a family of four. However, Aquasco contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Aquasco is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Aquasco home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Aquasco residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Aquasco include English, Irish, African, European, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Aquasco is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Aquasco, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Occupations

The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.

Car Ownership

Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 41.0% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 98.4% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more African and Cuban ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.7% of this neighborhood's residents have African ancestry and 3.0% have Cuban ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Aquasco are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 88.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 17.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 34.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 24.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions (23.3%), and 21.1% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (6.0%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Aquasco, MD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (13.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.5%), and residents who report German roots (7.1%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (6.5%), along with some African ancestry residents (5.7%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (45.3% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (65.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (5.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.

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