Rawlings is a tiny town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 687 people and just one neighborhood, Rawlings is the 241st largest community in Maryland.
Unlike some towns, Rawlings isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Rawlings are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rawlings is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Rawlings who work in food service (27.95%), office and administrative support (13.66%), and sales jobs (9.94%).
Because of many things, Rawlings is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Rawlings a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Rawlings has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Rawlings’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
Rawlings is a very car-oriented town. 100.00% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Rawlings is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Rawlings has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Rawlings is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Rawlings have a very low rate of college education: just 9.19% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Rawlings in 2022 was $22,980, which is low income relative to Maryland and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $91,920 for a family of four. However, Rawlings contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Rawlings home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rawlings residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Rawlings include German, Scottish, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Rawlings is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Slavic languages.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Our research reveals that 90.2% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 96.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Rawlings is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in MD, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 87.8% of the neighborhoods in Maryland. If you are considering retiring to Maryland, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 3.5% have Dutch ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Rawlings are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 66.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 4.6% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 66.0% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 30.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 28.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.5%), and 17.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% of households. Some people also speak Italian (4.8%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Rawlings, MD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (28.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (18.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.6%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.8%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (3.5%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (56.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (90.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.