Parkville is a medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 31,812 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Parkville is the 37th largest community in Maryland.Parkville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Parkville is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Parkville who work in office and administrative support (13.76%), sales jobs (10.03%), and management occupations (9.01%). Also of interest is that Parkville 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 Parkville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.69% 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. In terms of college education, Parkville is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.52% of adults in Parkville have a college degree. The per capita income in Parkville in 2022 was $39,550, which is lower middle income relative to Maryland, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $158,200 for a family of four. However, Parkville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Parkville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Parkville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Parkville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Parkville include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Parkville is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Spanish.
