Taneytown is a somewhat small city located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 8,293 people and two associated neighborhoods, Taneytown is the 97th largest community in Maryland. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Taneytown, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Taneytown, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Taneytown’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Taneytown does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $87,621.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Taneytown is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Taneytown is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Taneytown who work in office and administrative support (13.04%), management occupations (11.82%), and computer science and math (7.76%). Also of interest is that Taneytown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.71% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 Taneytown is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Taneytown, the average commute to work is 36.02 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small city, Taneytown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Taneytown citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.51% of adults in Taneytown have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Taneytown in 2022 was $40,829, 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 $163,316 for a family of four. However, Taneytown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Taneytown is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Taneytown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Taneytown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Taneytown include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Haitian. The most common language spoken in Taneytown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
