Maryland Heights is a medium-sized city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 27,769 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Maryland Heights is the 24th largest community in Missouri.Maryland Heights is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.32% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Maryland Heights is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Maryland Heights who work in computer science and math (14.05%), business and financial occupations (10.40%), and management occupations (10.17%). Also of interest is that Maryland Heights 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: 16.99% 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. The citizens of Maryland Heights are among the most well-educated in the nation: 48.93% of adults in Maryland Heights 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 Maryland Heights in 2022 was $42,845, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $171,380 for a family of four. However, Maryland Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Maryland Heights is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Maryland Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Maryland Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Maryland Heights include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French. Foreign born people are also an important part of Maryland Heights's cultural character, accounting for 21.11% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Maryland Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Other Asian languages.
