In Glenarden, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.11 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 Glenarden is a smaller city, 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 Glenarden are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.06% of adults in Glenarden have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Glenarden in 2022 was $43,252, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $173,008 for a family of four.
Glenarden is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Glenarden home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glenarden residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Glenarden also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.93% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Glenarden include Jamaican, Nigerian, African, German, and Irish.
Glenarden also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 21.23%.
The most common language spoken in Glenarden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
