Fort Meade is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 9,324 people and three associated neighborhoods, Fort Meade is the 85th largest community in Maryland. Much of the housing stock in Fort Meade was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Fort Meade economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Fort Meade, where the median household income is $103,261.00. Fort Meade home prices are not only among the most expensive in Maryland, but Fort Meade real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Fort Meade is a military town: the armed forces employs 29.61% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Public Service and Healthcare are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 30.23% and 14.73% of the civilian workforce respectively. Also of interest is that Fort Meade 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: 10.17% 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.Fort Meade is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Fort Meade enrolled in college, Fort Meade has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Fort Meade spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.54 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Fort Meade, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Fort Meade is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 50.16% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Fort Meade in 2022 was $39,039, 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 $156,156 for a family of four. However, Fort Meade contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fort Meade is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Meade home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Meade residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fort Meade also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.07% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Meade include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Fort Meade is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
