Temple Hills is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 8,350 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Temple Hills is the 90th largest community in Maryland.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Temple Hills is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Temple Hills is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Temple Hills who work in office and administrative support (15.24%), law enforcement and fire fighting (10.48%), and maintenance occupations (10.02%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Temple Hills telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.65% 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. One downside of living in Temple Hills, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.54 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead. In Temple Hills, a lot of people use the subway to get to work every day though Temple Hills is a relatively small town. Those that ride the subway are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.The education level of Temple Hills citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.38% of adults in Temple Hills have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Temple Hills in 2022 was $35,449, which is lower middle income relative to Maryland, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,796 for a family of four. However, Temple Hills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Temple Hills is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Temple Hills home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Temple Hills residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Temple Hills also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.50% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Temple Hills include Guyanese, Nigerian, African, Bahamian, and English. The most common language spoken in Temple Hills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
