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. A relatively large number of people in Owings Mills telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.37% 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 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. For the size of the town, public transportation in Owings Mills is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For Owings Mills, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.The citizens of Owings Mills are among the most well-educated in the nation: 43.54% of adults in Owings Mills 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 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.
