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.
In New Carrollton, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though New Carrollton is a relatively small city. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
The population of New Carrollton overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in New Carrollton, 24.20% have at least a bachelor's 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.
In addition, New Carrollton has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (40.92%).
The most common language spoken in New Carrollton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
