In Seat Pleasant, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.49 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.
Despite the fact that it is a small city, Seat Pleasant has quite a few people who take public transportation – mostly the subway - for their daily commute to work. This helps to fill a real need in the city for affordable transportation.
The citizens of Seat Pleasant are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.33% of adults in Seat Pleasant having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Seat Pleasant in 2022 was $35,716, which is low income relative to Maryland, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,864 for a family of four. However, Seat Pleasant contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Seat Pleasant is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Seat Pleasant home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Seat Pleasant residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by Asian. Seat Pleasant also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.43% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Seat Pleasant include African, Nigerian, European, Jamaican, and German.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Seat Pleasant's cultural character, accounting for 16.06% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Seat Pleasant is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
