Andrews Air Force Base is a very small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 3,025 people and two associated neighborhoods, Andrews Air Force Base is the 165th largest community in Maryland. Much of the housing stock in Andrews Air Force Base was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Andrews Air Force Base economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Andrews Air Force Base, where the median household income is $91,905.00.21.22% of the workforce is employed in the armed forces, making the military a huge focus of life in Andrews Air Force Base. Even though it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy. The Public Service and Healthcare industries respectively employ 30.83% and 16.31% of the civilian workforce. Also of interest is that Andrews Air Force Base has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.14% 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. Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 19.16 minutes getting to work every day.The population of Andrews Air Force Base is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 37.27% of adults in Andrews Air Force Base have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Andrews Air Force Base in 2022 was $34,487, which is low income relative to Maryland, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $137,948 for a family of four. However, Andrews Air Force Base contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Andrews Air Force Base is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Andrews Air Force Base home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Andrews Air Force Base residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Andrews Air Force Base also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.79% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Andrews Air Force Base include Irish, German, Italian, Welsh, and English. The most common language spoken in Andrews Air Force Base is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
