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 an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
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.
Aquasco is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 17.89% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 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.
The percentage of adults in Aquasco who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.93% of the adults in Aquasco have a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
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.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. 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.
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.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this 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.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
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.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (6.0%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
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.
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.