Conowingo is a very small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 4,026 people and just one neighborhood, Conowingo is the 144th largest community in Maryland.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Conowingo is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.98% of the Conowingo workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Conowingo is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Conowingo who work in management occupations (11.20%), office and administrative support (9.50%), and teaching (6.41%).
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Conowingo is worth considering.
In Conowingo, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.65 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Conowingo is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Conowingo with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.13% of adults in Conowingo have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Conowingo in 2022 was $39,836, 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 $159,344 for a family of four. However, Conowingo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Conowingo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Conowingo residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Conowingo include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Conowingo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scottish and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish ancestry and 2.9% have Welsh ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Conowingo are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 62.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America'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, 36.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 36.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.2%), and 10.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Conowingo, MD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.7%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (6.4%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (5.9%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.1% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (84.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (8.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.