New Carrollton is a medium-sized city located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 13,645 people and four associated neighborhoods, New Carrollton is the 65th largest community in Maryland.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.42% 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.

In New Carrollton, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.37 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.

Even though New Carrollton is a smaller city, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

The citizens of New Carrollton are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.20% of adults in New Carrollton having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in New Carrollton in 2022 was $33,818, which is low income relative to Maryland, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,272 for a family of four. However, New Carrollton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

New Carrollton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call New Carrollton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Carrollton residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. New Carrollton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.43% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in New Carrollton include Nigerian, African, Other Subsaharan African, Jamaican, and Ethiopian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of New Carrollton's cultural character, accounting for 40.92% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in New Carrollton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.