In Capitol Heights, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.15 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.
Even though Capitol Heights is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
In terms of college education, Capitol Heights is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.72% of adults 25 and older in Capitol Heights have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Capitol Heights in 2022 was $41,694, 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 $166,776 for a family of four. However, Capitol Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Capitol Heights is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Capitol Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Capitol Heights residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Capitol Heights also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.04% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Capitol Heights include Jamaican, Guyanese, Ghanian, African, and Scots-Irish.
In addition, Capitol Heights has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.62%).
The most common language spoken in Capitol Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
