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Owings Mills, MD
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Owings Mills profile


Living in Owings Mills



Owings Mills is a medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 35,674 people and 11 constituent neighborhoods, Owings Mills is the 27th largest community in Maryland.

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 11.94% 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.

Owings Mills, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the town.

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 33.36 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.

Owings Mills is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 47.63% of adults in Owings Mills have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.

The per capita income in Owings Mills in 2018 was $42,049, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $168,196 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, African, Nigerian, Irish, and English.

In addition, Owings Mills has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (22.30%).

The most common language spoken in Owings Mills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.