Nanjemoy is a very small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 3,665 people and just one neighborhood, Nanjemoy is the 153rd largest community in Maryland.
Unlike some towns, Nanjemoy isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Nanjemoy are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Nanjemoy is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Nanjemoy who work in office and administrative support (15.83%), law enforcement and fire fighting (7.59%), and personal care services (7.38%).
There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Nanjemoy, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community.
Also of interest is that Nanjemoy has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Overall, Nanjemoy’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Nanjemoy has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Nanjemoy a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Nanjemoy, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 46.41 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Nanjemoy doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Nanjemoy who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.94% of the adults in Nanjemoy have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Nanjemoy in 2022 was $40,028, which is lower middle income relative to Maryland, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,112 for a family of four. However, Nanjemoy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Nanjemoy is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Nanjemoy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nanjemoy residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Nanjemoy include English, Irish, German, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Nanjemoy is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Nanjemoy, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The neighborhood stands out nationally for having a greater proportion of its residents active in the military than 98.7% of other U.S. neighborhoods. If you come here, you will notice military people active in their jobs, going to and from work, and in plain clothes out and about the neighborhood.
Furthermore, the neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 97.8% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 10.8% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.2% of all neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lebanese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Lebanese ancestry.
Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the neighborhood. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 96.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Nanjemoy are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 69.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.3% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 67.0% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 30.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 29.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.1%), and 19.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (4.2%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Nanjemoy, MD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (17.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.8%), and residents who report German roots (8.6%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.3%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.7%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (47.9% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (78.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (15.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.