Prince Frederick is a very small coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 3,226 people and four associated neighborhoods, Prince Frederick is the 161st largest community in Maryland. Much of the housing stock in Prince Frederick was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Prince Frederick economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Prince Frederick, where the median household income is $78,625.00.Prince Frederick is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.92% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Prince Frederick is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Prince Frederick who work in management occupations (17.42%), sales jobs (15.91%), and office and administrative support (11.84%). Also of interest is that Prince Frederick has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.78% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. Prince Frederick is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. One downside of living in Prince Frederick, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 39.98 minutes every day commuting to work. The education level of Prince Frederick citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.52% of adults in Prince Frederick have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Prince Frederick in 2022 was $39,274, 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 $157,096 for a family of four. However, Prince Frederick contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Prince Frederick is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Prince Frederick home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Prince Frederick residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Prince Frederick also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.81% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Prince Frederick include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Prince Frederick is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
