Upper Marlboro is a tiny town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 702 people and 20 associated neighborhoods, Upper Marlboro is the 245th largest community in Maryland.Upper Marlboro is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 89.90% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Upper Marlboro is a town of professionals, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Upper Marlboro who work in management occupations (18.14%), teaching (14.43%), and business and financial occupations (11.55%). Also of interest is that Upper Marlboro has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Upper Marlboro telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.52% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 addition, Upper Marlboro is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre. In Upper Marlboro, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.38 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 being a small town, Upper Marlboro has a lot of people using the subway to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the subway are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Upper Marlboro. 56.78% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%. The per capita income in Upper Marlboro in 2022 was $55,013, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $220,052 for a family of four. Upper Marlboro is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Upper Marlboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Upper Marlboro residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Upper Marlboro include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Upper Marlboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Russian.
