Owings Mills is a medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 35,674 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Owings Mills is the 27th largest community in Maryland.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Owings Mills is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Owings Mills is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Owings Mills who work in office and administrative support (11.24%), business and financial occupations (9.95%), and management occupations (8.57%). Also of interest is that Owings Mills 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: 16.37% 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. In Owings Mills, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.59 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. Although the majority of commuting trips in the town are by private automobile, Owings Mills is somewhat unusual for a town of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the subway helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Owings Mills area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.Owings Mills is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 43.54% of adults in Owings Mills have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher. The per capita income in Owings Mills in 2022 was $45,609, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $182,436 for a family of four. However, Owings Mills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Owings Mills is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Owings Mills home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Owings Mills residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Owings Mills also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.17% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Owings Mills include German, Irish, African, Nigerian, and English. In addition, Owings Mills has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (19.14%). The most common language spoken in Owings Mills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
