In Bladensburg, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.20 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.
Even though Bladensburg is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
The citizens of Bladensburg are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.12% of adults in Bladensburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Bladensburg in 2022 was $24,840, which is low income relative to Maryland and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $99,360 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 Asian. Bladensburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 39.05% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bladensburg include Nigerian, African, Other Subsaharan African, Ghanian, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Bladensburg's cultural character, accounting for 36.86% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Bladensburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
