Photo: Rick Calvert · Public domainHouseholds in Adamstown have higher incomes than those in 98% of U.S. towns
0.9% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 9.4% for Maryland as a whole. Jobs and income earn Adamstown A+; getting around on foot earns it C. Hardly any work in Adamstown itself; outside it, Frederick draws the most (11%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Adamstown at work: what stands out
Most jobs in Adamstown pay over $40,000 a year
83% of the jobs based in Adamstown pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Adamstown
30% of Adamstown workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Adamstown earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Adamstown is among the top U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Adamstown stays A+.
Making and building: 30% of jobs based in Adamstown
517 jobs are based in Adamstown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Adamstown, 2013 → 2023: 227 → 517. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Adamstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 35 minutes to work from Adamstown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Adamstown workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 911 commuters (the 29% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who commutes out of Adamstown, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,093 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 512 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Adamstown on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.47 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Adamstown commutes to
Where Adamstown clocks in
11% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The commute from Adamstown, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Adamstown: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Adamstown is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Adamstown near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,292 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.2% of Adamstown households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Adamstown’s commuters take a bus or train.
49th of 5,509: where Adamstown ranks among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Cabin John MD | 2,179 | $250K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Colmar Manor MD | 1,590 | $123K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Trenton Township OH | 2,538 | $137K | 1.4% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
| 48 | Bayou Gauche LA | 1,908 | $163K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 49 | Adamstown MD | 2,025 | $196K | 0.9% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| 50 | Alpine NJ | 1,759 | $247K | 6.2% | 6.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 51 | Krugerville TX | 2,021 | $118K | 1.9% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Adamstown, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Adamstown: questions
What is the median household income in Adamstown?
$195,625 (±$31,904) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Adamstown?
0.9%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Adamstown?
35 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Adamstown work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frederick (11%, 10 mi), Ballenger Creek (9%, 6 mi), Rockville (8%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Adamstown walkable?
Adamstown is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Adamstown without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Adamstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Adamstown
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.