Indian Head is a very small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 4,025 people and two associated neighborhoods, Indian Head is the 145th largest community in Maryland.

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

A relatively large number of people in Indian Head telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.55% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

In Indian Head, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 42.19 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.

Despite being a small town, Indian Head has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

The percentage of adults in Indian Head who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.16% of the adults in Indian Head have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Indian Head in 2022 was $39,761, 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 $159,044 for a family of four. However, Indian Head contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Indian Head is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Indian Head home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Indian Head residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Indian Head include English, Irish, German, Dutch, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Indian Head is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.