In District Heights, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.08 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.
Despite being a small city, District Heights has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
The education level of District Heights citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.53% of adults in District Heights have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in District Heights in 2022 was $33,999, which is low income relative to Maryland, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,996 for a family of four. However, District Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
District Heights is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call District Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of District Heights residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. District Heights also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.88% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in District Heights include Nigerian, Liberian, African, German, and Scottish.
Foreign born people are also an important part of District Heights's cultural character, accounting for 15.55% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in District Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
