About Kemp Mill

Kemp Mill is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 9,927 people and just one neighborhood, Kemp Mill is the 125th largest community in Maryland.

Kemp Mill is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 91.65% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Kemp Mill is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kemp Mill who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.80%), management occupations (12.35%), and teaching (10.95%).

Also of interest is that Kemp Mill has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Kemp Mill is also a town of artists. Kemp Mill has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Kemp Mill's character.

In addition, Kemp Mill 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.

Kemp Mill is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Kemp Mill's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In Kemp Mill, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.32 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Kemp Mill does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Kemp Mill Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Kemp Mill is a pretty powerful place. 53.20% of the adults in Kemp Mill have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Kemp Mill in 2000 was $34,570, which is wealthy relative to Maryland and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $138,280 for a family of four. However, Kemp Mill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Kemp Mill is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Kemp Mill home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Kemp Mill is White, followed by African-American. Kemp Mill also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.47% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Kemp Mill include German, Irish, English, Russian, Italian, and Polish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Kemp Mill's cultural character, accounting for 24.64% of the town's population.

The languages spoken by people in Kemp Mill are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Kemp Mill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Hebrew, and Vietnamese.