Indian Head is a very small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 4,170 people and two associated neighborhoods, Indian Head is the 145th largest community in Maryland.Indian Head is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.73% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Indian Head is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Indian Head who work in office and administrative support (14.87%), sales jobs (11.72%), and management occupations (10.13%). Also of interest is that Indian Head has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.42% 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. One downside of living in Indian Head is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Indian Head, the average commute to work is 42.46 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. In terms of college education, the citizens of Indian Head rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.57% of adults 25 and older in Indian Head have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Indian Head in 2022 was $47,445, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $189,780 for a family of four. However, Indian Head contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Indian Head is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Indian Head home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Indian Head residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Indian Head include Irish, German, English, Italian, and African. The most common language spoken in Indian Head is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Vietnamese.
