Fort Washington is a medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 24,261 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Fort Washington is the 47th largest community in Maryland.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Fort Washington is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Washington is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Washington who work in management occupations (11.35%), business and financial occupations (10.59%), and computer science and math (10.56%). Also of interest is that Fort Washington 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: 16.49% 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 Fort Washington is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Fort Washington, the average commute to work is 38.68 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. Although the majority of commuting trips in the town are by private automobile, Fort Washington is somewhat unusual for a town of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, taxis helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Fort Washington area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.Fort Washington is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 41.68% of adults in Fort Washington have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher. The per capita income in Fort Washington in 2022 was $57,383, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $229,532 for a family of four. Fort Washington is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Washington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Washington residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Fort Washington also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.93% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Washington include Irish, English, German, Ghanian, and Nigerian. In addition, Fort Washington has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.58%). The most common language spoken in Fort Washington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
