Owings Mills is a medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 35,674 people and 11 associated 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 16.37% 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 31.59 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.

For the size of the town, public transportation in Owings Mills is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For Owings Mills, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

The education level of Owings Mills ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Owings Mills, 43.54% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Owings Mills in 2022 was $45,609, 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 $182,436 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. Owings Mills also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.17% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Owings Mills include German, Irish, African, Nigerian, and English.

In addition, Owings Mills has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (19.14%).

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