Fort Washington is a medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 24,261 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Fort Washington is the 47th largest community in Maryland.

Also of interest is that Fort Washington 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: 19.09% 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 Fort Washington is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Fort Washington, the average commute to work is 37.89 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

The education level of Fort Washington ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Fort Washington, 42.97% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Fort Washington in 2022 was $58,044, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $232,176 for a family of four.

Fort Washington is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Washington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Washington residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Fort Washington also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.39% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Washington include Irish, English, German, Jamaican, and African.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Fort Washington's cultural character, accounting for 21.79% of the town’s population.

The most common language spoken in Fort Washington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.