Owings is a very small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 1,189 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Owings is the 274th largest community in Maryland.

Owings is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Owings is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Owings who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.41%), management occupations (11.66%), and healthcare (7.39%).

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

One of the nice things about Owings is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the town are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

One downside of living in Owings is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Owings, the average commute to work is 38.79 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Owings is a very car-oriented town. 98.91% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Owings is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Owings has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Owings 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.

Owings Information and Demographics

The education level of Owings citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 26.89% of adults in Owings have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Owings in 2000 was $27,287, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,148 for a family of four. However, Owings contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Owings home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Owings is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Owings include German, English, Irish, Italian, Welsh, and French.

The most common language spoken in Owings is English.