One downside of living in District Heights, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.36 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.
Despite being a small city, District Heights has a lot of people using the subway to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the subway are using it to get 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 2018 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.
