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. A relatively large number of people in Fort Washington telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.49% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. In Fort Washington, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.68 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. Like elsewhere in America, most people in Fort Washington use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Fort Washington‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding taxis. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.The education level of Fort Washington ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Fort Washington, 41.68% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. 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. Foreign born people are also an important part of Fort Washington's cultural character, accounting for 21.58% of the town’s population. The most common language spoken in Fort Washington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
