Seat Pleasant is a very small city located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 4,518 people and two associated neighborhoods, Seat Pleasant is the 131st largest community in Maryland.

Also of interest is that Seat Pleasant 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: 23.35% 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.

One downside of living in Seat Pleasant, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.49 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

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 population of Seat Pleasant 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 Seat Pleasant, 23.33% have at least a bachelor's 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.

Seat Pleasant also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.06%.

The most common language spoken in Seat Pleasant is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.