Pikesville is a medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 34,168 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Pikesville is the 31st largest community in Maryland.Pikesville is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 91.68% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Pikesville is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pikesville who work in healthcare (13.23%), management occupations (12.50%), and teaching (11.21%). Also of interest is that Pikesville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 21.45% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. If knowledge is power, Pikesville is a pretty powerful place. 59.31% of the adults in Pikesville have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Pikesville in 2022 was $59,632, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $238,528 for a family of four. However, Pikesville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pikesville is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pikesville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pikesville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pikesville include Russian, German, Eastern European, Irish, and Ukrainian. In addition, Pikesville has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.66%). The most common language spoken in Pikesville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and Russian.
