New Carrollton is a medium-sized city located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 13,405 people and four associated neighborhoods, New Carrollton is the 65th largest community in Maryland.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.45% 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.

One downside of living in New Carrollton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In New Carrollton, the average commute to work is 33.04 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

Even though New Carrollton is a smaller city, 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.

The percentage of people in New Carrollton who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.39% of adults in New Carrollton 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.

In addition, New Carrollton has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (39.49%).

The most common language spoken in New Carrollton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.