Glenn Dale is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 14,698 people and three associated neighborhoods, Glenn Dale is the 63rd largest community in Maryland.

Housing costs in Glenn Dale are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Maryland.

Also of interest is that Glenn Dale 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: 17.03% 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 Glenn Dale is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Glenn Dale, the average commute to work is 33.45 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

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

The citizens of Glenn Dale are among the most well-educated in the nation: 47.84% of adults in Glenn Dale have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Glenn Dale in 2022 was $50,052, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $200,208 for a family of four.

Glenn Dale is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Glenn Dale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glenn Dale residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Glenn Dale also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.15% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Glenn Dale include Nigerian, African, Irish, German, and Other Subsaharan African.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Glenn Dale's cultural character, accounting for 25.03% of the town’s population.

The most common language spoken in Glenn Dale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.