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Demographics

People

Total Population	2,641
Male Share of the Population	50.6%
Female Share of the Population	49.4%
Senior Citizens	14%
Employed Population 16+	1,414
Age of the Population	39

Families

% of people married	52.7%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	53.4%
Median Earnings25+	$75,913
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$28,750
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$40,227

Wealth

Median Family Income	$157,788
% Above Poverty Level	86.8%
% Below Poverty Level	13.2%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	30 minutes
% Working from Home	9.5%
% Walking and Biking to Work	9.4%
% Using Public Transportation	22.3%

Housing

People Living Alone	25.5%
Median Gross Rent	$2,079
Median House Value	$468,100

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	34.5%
Irish	15.9%
English	15.7%
German	10.8%
Italian	6.2%
Russian	3.5%
French Except Basque	3.5%
Polish	2.7%
Scottish	2.3%
Welsh	2%
Norwegian	1.8%
Swedish	1.7%
Arab	1.2%
Swiss	1.2%
African	1.1%
Greek	1%
Dutch	1%
Egyptian	0.8%
Lithuanian	0.8%
Czech	0.8%
Turkish	0.7%
Iranian	0.6%
West Indian	0.5%
Canadian	0.5%
Danishn	0.5%
Hungarian	0.4%
US/American	0.3%
Austrian	0.3%
Portuguese	0.3%
Jamaican	0.3%
Ukrainian	0.2%
Croatian	0.2%
Slovak	0.2%
Ethiopian	0.2%
Lebanese	0.2%
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University Park Almanac

Category	Value
County	Prince Georges County
Standard Zip Codes	20782
Phone Area Codes	2,40,301
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	38.97
Approximate Longitude	-76.97

University Park Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	COLLEGE PARK
Distance	1.7 miles
Jan Temp	26 to 42 F
Apr Temp	44 to 66 F
Jul Temp	69 to 89 F
Oct Temp	47 to 69 F
Annual Precip	44.2 inches

Station	NATIONAL ARBORETUM DC
Distance	4.3 miles
Jan Temp	24 to 43 F
Apr Temp	42 to 66 F
Jul Temp	67 to 89 F
Oct Temp	44 to 69 F
Annual Precip	43.7 inches

Station	DALECARLIA RESERVOIR
Distance	8.6 miles
Jan Temp	24 to 44 F
Apr Temp	42 to 69 F
Jul Temp	66 to 89 F
Oct Temp	45 to 70 F
Annual Precip	45.1 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Brentwood	3,468	$76,000
Colmar Manor	1,398	$78,500
Edmonston	1,354	$65,455
Hyattsville	18,209	$78,039
Mount Rainier	8,110	$65,577

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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