Piney Point - Tall Timbers is a very small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 4,844 people and just one neighborhood, Piney Point - Tall Timbers is the 125th largest community in Maryland.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Piney Point - Tall Timbers is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Piney Point - Tall Timbers is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Piney Point - Tall Timbers who work in management occupations (15.89%), computer science and math (12.06%), and teaching (11.23%).
Also of interest is that Piney Point - Tall Timbers has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Piney Point - Tall Timbers telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 21.44% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
In addition, Piney Point - Tall Timbers is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.
Because of many things, Piney Point - Tall Timbers is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Piney Point - Tall Timbers really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Piney Point - Tall Timbers perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
Being a small town, Piney Point - Tall Timbers does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Piney Point - Tall Timbers are among the most well-educated in the nation: 41.74% of adults in Piney Point - Tall Timbers 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 Piney Point - Tall Timbers in 2022 was $52,654, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $210,616 for a family of four.
Piney Point - Tall Timbers is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Piney Point - Tall Timbers home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Piney Point - Tall Timbers residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Piney Point - Tall Timbers include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Piney Point - Tall Timbers is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Asian languages.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Piney Point - Tall Timbers, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 99.1% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Piney Point - Tall Timbers is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in MD, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 85.8% of the neighborhoods in Maryland. If you are considering retiring to Maryland, this is a good neighborhood to look at. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for urban sophisticates.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian and Belgian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry and 1.2% have Belgian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Piney Point - Tall Timbers are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 86.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.8% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 75.6% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 64.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions, with 20.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (15.3%), and 14.2% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.1% of households. Some people also speak Italian (6.7%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Piney Point - Tall Timbers, MD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (20.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (18.9%), and residents who report German roots (16.6%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (3.9%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (2.3%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (71.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (6.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.