Glasgow · Photo: Newhoudl · CC BY-SA 4.0Algonquin has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income C+: better than 40% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability D: more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 52% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Maryland 31, U.S. 26). Only 0% work in Algonquin; the top destination outside it is Cambridge (29%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Algonquin
Algonquin is a place people come home to
There are 26 jobs based in Algonquin, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Algonquin has about 640 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
29% of Algonquin works in Cambridge
130 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Cambridge, 2.6 miles away across the town line. That’s far more as work in Algonquin itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Algonquin are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 31 across Maryland. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Maryland worker. 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; with 456 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Algonquin’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Algonquin is better than 40% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Algonquin’s grade up ($76,500, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Algonquin’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Algonquin could be anywhere from D to A−.
Algonquin quiets down on a workday
On a workday 456 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Algonquin on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.06 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.
29% of working residents work in Cambridge
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Algonquin clocks in
7% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Maryland
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Algonquin workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 483 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
26 jobs are based in Algonquin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Algonquin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Algonquin, 2013 → 2023: 125 → 26. 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.
Half of Algonquin commutes less than 16 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Algonquin start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Algonquin is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.0% across Maryland.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 501 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.0% of Algonquin households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Algonquin’s commuters take a bus or train.
Algonquin is 1,380th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,400 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Algonquin, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Galesville MD | 1,062 | $205K | 2.7% | 6.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Libertytown MD | 1,346 | $114K | 1.0% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,378 | Brookfield Township IL | 1,060 | $84K | 12.3% | 21.7% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,379 | Wyalusing Township PA | 1,226 | $90K | 9.7% | 3.9% | 21% | C+ |
| 1,380 | Algonquin MD | 1,074 | $77K | 10.7% | 0.0% | 0% | C+ |
| 1,381 | De Smet SD | 1,032 | $67K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 31% | C+ |
| 1,382 | Schuylkill Township PA | 1,079 | $72K | 9.9% | 4.4% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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.
29% of Algonquin works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Cambridge (29%). Darker towns draw more of Algonquin’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 Algonquin: questions
What is the median household income in Algonquin?
$76,500 (±$28,169) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Algonquin?
10.7%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Algonquin?
22 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Algonquin work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cambridge (29%, 3 mi), Easton (7%, 13 mi), Baltimore (4%, 56 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Algonquin walkable?
Algonquin is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Algonquin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Algonquin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Algonquin
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.