One downside of living in Bladensburg is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Bladensburg, the average commute to work is 36.84 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.
In Bladensburg, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Bladensburg is a relatively small town. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Bladensburg rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.65% of adults 25 and older in Bladensburg 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 Bladensburg in 2022 was $26,009, which is low income relative to Maryland, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,036 for a family of four. However, Bladensburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bladensburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bladensburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bladensburg residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Bladensburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.84% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bladensburg include African, Nigerian, Other Subsaharan African, Jamaican, and Liberian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Bladensburg's cultural character, accounting for 34.29% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Bladensburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
