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Brandywine, MD
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Living in Brandywine



Brandywine is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 10,550 people and two associated neighborhoods, Brandywine is the 75th largest community in Maryland. Much of the housing stock in Brandywine was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Brandywine economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Brandywine, where the median household income is $150,494.00.

Brandywine home prices are not only among the most expensive in Maryland, but Brandywine real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Also of interest is that Brandywine has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 19.57% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

One downside of living in Brandywine is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Brandywine, the average commute to work is 39.73 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

Despite being a small town, Brandywine has a lot of people using the subway to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the subway are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

The education level of Brandywine citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.67% of adults in Brandywine have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Brandywine in 2018 was $56,182, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $224,728 for a family of four.

Brandywine is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Brandywine home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brandywine residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Brandywine include African, Irish, Nigerian, Other Subsaharan African, and French.

The most common language spoken in Brandywine is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and French.


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