In Bladensburg, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.84 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, Bladensburg has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Bladensburg rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.65% of adults 25 and older in Bladensburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Bladensburg in 2022 was $26,009, which is low income relative to Maryland, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,036 for a family of four. However, Bladensburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bladensburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bladensburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bladensburg residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Bladensburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.84% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bladensburg include African, Nigerian, Other Subsaharan African, Jamaican, and Liberian.
In addition, Bladensburg has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (34.29%).
The most common language spoken in Bladensburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
