College Heights Estates Historic District · Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0Adelphi has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
There are 1,509 jobs in Adelphi for 5,367 working residents. The two grades for Adelphi are B− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Home is the office for 11% of workers, next to 19% for Maryland as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Adelphi: the gist
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Adelphi’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 37 minutes, longer than the Maryland average of 31. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Adelphi workers cross into Washington, D.C.
21% of Adelphi workers work outside Maryland, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Washington (25%) and Arlington (2%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Most Adelphi residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 3% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Adelphi is a place people come home to
There are 1,509 jobs based in Adelphi, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
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.
Where Adelphi’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Adelphi is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #219 of 261 in Maryland. Job access by car holds Adelphi’s grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (16.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Adelphi could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Adelphi’s commute takes about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Adelphi workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,367 commuters (the 11% 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.
25% of working residents work in Washington
Where Adelphi clocks in
25% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
How far Adelphi’s workers travel
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.
Who leaves Adelphi for work, and who comes in
On a workday 5,284 residents head out to work, 83 work right here, and 1,426 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in Adelphi on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
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 kinds of work in Adelphi
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Adelphi, 2013 → 2023: 1,939 → 1,509. 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 Adelphi’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Adelphi is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,362 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 40% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 21.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 98% 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). 10.0% of Adelphi households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 9% of Adelphi’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Adelphi ranks: 1,247th of 1,999 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 23,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Colesville MD | 14,519 | $131K | 3.4% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Honeygo MD | 12,250 | $146K | 1.8% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,245 | Soddy-Daisy TN | 13,474 | $75K | 7.4% | 6.0% | 5% | B− |
| 1,246 | Anacortes WA | 18,080 | $92K | 7.3% | 4.2% | 27% | B− |
| 1,247 | Adelphi MD | 17,395 | $82K | 16.2% | 6.0% | 2% | B− |
| 1,248 | Orange City FL | 15,309 | $58K | 10.4% | 3.6% | 8% | B− |
| 1,249 | Punta Gorda FL | 20,383 | $86K | 8.3% | 5.0% | 13% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,999 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Adelphi, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Adelphi and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to College Park (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Adelphi workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelphi | – | B− | A+ | 37 min | $82,137 |
| College Park | 4% | B+ | A+ | 26 min | $69,721 |
| Langley Park | under 2% | C+ | A+ | 39 min | $85,321 |
| Hyattsville | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 34 min | $91,941 |
| University Park | under 2% | A+ | A+ | 32 min | $207,500 |
| Hillandale | under 2% | A+ | A+ | 33 min | $164,871 |
| Chillum | under 2% | B− | A+ | 37 min | $79,864 |
| Silver Spring | 2% | B+ | A+ | 34 min | $99,860 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Adelphi’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Adelphi: questions
What is the median household income in Adelphi?
$82,137 (±$8,062) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Adelphi?
16.2%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Adelphi?
37 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Adelphi work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (25%, 7 mi), College Park (4%, 2 mi), Bethesda (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Adelphi walkable?
Adelphi is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 11.2 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Adelphi without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 40% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Adelphi, from the people who make the trip.
More of Adelphi
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.