Temple Hills is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 7,750 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Temple Hills is the 139th largest community in Maryland.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Temple Hills is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Temple Hills is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Temple Hills who work in office and administrative support jobs (27.91%), business and financial occupations (7.85%), and sales jobs (7.82%).

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

In addition, Temple Hills 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.

One downside of living in Temple Hills, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 40.25 minutes every day commuting to work.

Temple Hills is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Temple Hills Information and Demographics

The education level of Temple Hills citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 18.05% of adults in Temple Hills have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Temple Hills in 2000 was $21,939, 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 $87,756 for a family of four.

Temple Hills is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Temple Hills home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Temple Hills is African-American, followed by White. The main ancestry of people in Temple Hills is African.

The most common language spoken in Temple Hills is English. Some people also speak Spanish.