Aquasco is a tiny town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 913 people and just one neighborhood, Aquasco is the 230th largest community in Maryland. Aquasco has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Unlike some towns, Aquasco isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Aquasco are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Aquasco is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Aquasco who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (21.64%), office and administrative support (17.91%), and sales jobs (8.96%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 18.94% 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.
Overall, Aquasco’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
In Aquasco, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 44.28 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Aquasco does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Aquasco who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.05% of the adults in Aquasco have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Aquasco in 2022 was $32,936, which is low income relative to Maryland, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $131,744 for a family of four. However, Aquasco contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Aquasco is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Aquasco home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Aquasco residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Aquasco also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.42% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Aquasco include English, European, African, Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Aquasco is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and African languages.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 99.1% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 34.7% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 96.0% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Aquasco is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in MD, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.2% of the neighborhoods in Maryland. If you are considering retiring to Maryland, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Cuban ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Cuban ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Aquasco are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 77.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 52.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 29.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (22.5%), and 22.3% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.6% of households. Some people also speak Italian (6.0%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Aquasco, MD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (17.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.7%), and residents who report German roots (6.9%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (5.3%), along with some African ancestry residents (4.5%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (44.7% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (67.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.