Beltsville is a medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 20,133 people and six associated neighborhoods, Beltsville is the 51st largest community in Maryland.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Beltsville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Beltsville is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Beltsville who work in office and administrative support (13.24%), maintenance occupations (8.90%), and healthcare (8.56%). Also of interest is that Beltsville 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: 8.33% 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 Beltsville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.97 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. Like elsewhere in America, most people in Beltsville use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Beltsville‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding taxis. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.In terms of college education, Beltsville is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.64% of adults in Beltsville have a college degree. The per capita income in Beltsville in 2022 was $37,444, which is lower middle income relative to Maryland, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $149,776 for a family of four. However, Beltsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Beltsville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Beltsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Beltsville, accounting for 43.93% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Beltsville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Beltsville include Irish, German, English, African, and Other Subsaharan African. Foreign born people are also an important part of Beltsville's cultural character, accounting for 40.45% of the town’s population. The most common language spoken in Beltsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
