Sykesville, MD


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Sykesville is a very small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 4,412 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, Sykesville is the 134th largest community in Maryland.


Unlike some towns, Sykesville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Sykesville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sykesville is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sykesville who work in management occupations (15.98%), office and administrative support (10.66%), and food service (9.69%).

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

One downside of living in Sykesville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.25 minutes every day commuting to work.

The citizens of Sykesville are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 36.03% of adults in Sykesville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Sykesville in 2010 was $40,249, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,996 for a family of four.

The people who call Sykesville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sykesville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sykesville include Italian, Irish, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Sykesville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.