Gaithersburg is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 69,563 people and 35 associated neighborhoods, Gaithersburg is the ninth largest community in Maryland. Housing costs in Gaithersburg are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Maryland.Gaithersburg is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.25% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Gaithersburg is a city of professionals, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gaithersburg who work in management occupations (12.40%), computer science and math (8.82%), and business and financial occupations (8.56%). Also of interest is that Gaithersburg has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Gaithersburg has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 23.93% 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. For the size of the city, public transportation in Gaithersburg is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Gaithersburg, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Gaithersburg, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Gaithersburg is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 52.37% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Gaithersburg in 2022 was $54,263, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $217,052 for a family of four. However, Gaithersburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gaithersburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gaithersburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gaithersburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Gaithersburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.49% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gaithersburg include German, Irish, English, Italian, and African. Gaithersburg also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 42.75%. The most common language spoken in Gaithersburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
