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Conowingo, MD

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Overview

Conowingo is a very small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 4,090 people and just one neighborhood, Conowingo is the 144th largest community in Maryland.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Conowingo isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Conowingo are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Conowingo is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Conowingo who work in office and administrative support (13.24%), management occupations (12.36%), and teaching (6.06%).

Also of interest is that Conowingo 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: 14.35% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Conowingo is worth considering.

One downside of living in Conowingo, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.88 minutes every day commuting to work.

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

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Conowingo with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.41% of adults in Conowingo have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Conowingo in 2022 was $49,068, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $196,272 for a family of four. However, Conowingo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Conowingo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Conowingo residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Conowingo include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Conowingo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

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 Conowingo, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and Iranian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 1.1% have Iranian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Conowingo are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 69.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.5% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 53.3% of America'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, 38.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 31.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.4%), and 13.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

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 Conowingo, MD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.6%), and residents who report English roots (13.2%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (8.3%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.3%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (78.6%) 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 (7.0%) . 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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