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, Temple Hills isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Temple Hills are a mix 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.65% 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. In Temple Hills, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.54 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. Even though Temple Hills is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the subway for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.The citizens of Temple Hills are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.38% of adults in Temple Hills having a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.
