One downside of living in District Heights is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In District Heights, the average commute to work is 36.36 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
In District Heights, a lot of people use the subway to get to work every day though District Heights is a relatively small city. Those that ride the subway are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
The percentage of people in District Heights who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.96% of adults in District Heights have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in District Heights in 2022 was $32,090, which is low income relative to Maryland, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,360 for a family of four. However, District Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call District Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of District Heights residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in District Heights include Nigerian, Other Subsaharan African, African, Liberian, and German.
The most common language spoken in District Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
