Seat Pleasant is a very small city located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 4,462 people and two associated neighborhoods, Seat Pleasant is the 131st largest community in Maryland.

Also of interest is that Seat Pleasant has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.24% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Seat Pleasant, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.27 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 the fact that it is a small city, Seat Pleasant has quite a few people who take public transportation – mostly the subway - for their daily commute to work. This helps to fill a real need in the city for affordable transportation.

The percentage of adults in Seat Pleasant who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.75% of the adults in Seat Pleasant have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Seat Pleasant in 2018 was $36,959, 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 $147,836 for a family of four. However, Seat Pleasant contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Seat Pleasant is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Seat Pleasant home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Seat Pleasant residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by Asian. Seat Pleasant also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.35% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Seat Pleasant include Nigerian, African, Trinidadian and Tobagonian, Jamaican, and German.

The most common language spoken in Seat Pleasant is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.