One downside of living in New Carrollton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.04 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.
Despite being a small city, New Carrollton 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.
The overall education level of New Carrollton is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 28.39% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in New Carrollton in 2022 was $31,913, which is low income relative to Maryland, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,652 for a family of four. However, New Carrollton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
New Carrollton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call New Carrollton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Carrollton residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. New Carrollton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.31% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in New Carrollton include African, Nigerian, Other Subsaharan African, Jamaican, and Ethiopian.
New Carrollton also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 39.49%.
The most common language spoken in New Carrollton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
