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.Owings Mills is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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 (11.31%), business and financial occupations (9.39%), and healthcare (8.75%). 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 14.04% 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. One downside of living in Owings Mills is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Owings Mills, the average commute to work is 32.58 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. 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.The education level of Owings Mills ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Owings Mills, 45.97% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Owings Mills in 2022 was $44,865, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $179,460 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. Important ancestries of people in Owings Mills include German, Irish, African, Nigerian, and English. Foreign born people are also an important part of Owings Mills's cultural character, accounting for 19.65% of the town’s population. The most common language spoken in Owings Mills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
