Hughesville is a very small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 2,438 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hughesville is the 187th largest community in Maryland.

Housing costs in Hughesville 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.

Also of interest is that Hughesville 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: 12.94% 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.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Hughesville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Hughesville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Hughesville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hughesville, the average commute to work is 38.17 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

In Hughesville, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Hughesville is a relatively small town. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

In terms of college education, Hughesville is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.51% of adults 25 and older in Hughesville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hughesville in 2022 was $52,039, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $208,156 for a family of four. However, Hughesville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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