Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Baltimore Highlands works elsewhere
For 11% of workers, the job is at home (Maryland 19%). There are 1,497 jobs in Baltimore Highlands; 3,068 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Baltimore Highlands; the top destination outside it is Baltimore (20%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Baltimore Highlands, in brief
Baltimore Highlands and Baltimore trade workers both ways
Baltimore is the top workplace for Baltimore Highlands residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Baltimore Highlands come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Baltimore Highlands has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Baltimore Highlands went from 1,095 in 2013 to 1,497 in 2023, +37%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Baltimore Highlands’ Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Baltimore Highlands is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #242 of 261 in Maryland. Job access by car holds Baltimore Highlands’ grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Baltimore Highlands could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The places Baltimore Highlands commutes to
Where Baltimore Highlands clocks in
20% 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.
Making and building: 31% of jobs based in Baltimore Highlands
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baltimore Highlands, 2013 → 2023: 1,095 → 1,497. 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 Baltimore Highlands’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Baltimore Highlands
On a workday 2,995 residents head out to work, 73 work right here, and 1,424 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,600 people are in Baltimore Highlands on a workday afternoon, 19% 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 daily trip from Baltimore Highlands: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Baltimore Highlands workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,302 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Baltimore Highlands
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.
Baltimore Highlands 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 3,710 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, 63% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 16.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 97% 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). 11.1% of Baltimore Highlands households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 9% of Baltimore Highlands’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Baltimore Highlands is 2,116th of 3,034 U.S. towns of 5,700 to 11,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 22 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Chevy Chase MD | 9,445 | $212K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Fairwood MD | 7,526 | $181K | 6.5% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,114 | Erwin TN | 6,019 | $47K | 12.6% | 3.2% | 24% | C+ |
| 2,115 | Hardy Township OH | 6,067 | $63K | 12.4% | 4.0% | 23% | C+ |
| 2,116 | Baltimore Highlands MD | 8,206 | $62K | 18.3% | 6.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,117 | Arab AL | 9,061 | $64K | 13.3% | 3.2% | 17% | C+ |
| 2,118 | Atlantic IA | 6,676 | $61K | 17.4% | 1.1% | 43% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,034 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Baltimore Highlands, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
The towns next door employ 24% of Baltimore Highlands
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Baltimore Highlands workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Highlands | – | C+ | A+ | 31 min | $62,304 |
| Brooklyn Park | under 2% | B+ | A | 28 min | $87,989 |
| Baltimore | 20% | C+ | A+ | 29 min | $62,177 |
| Lansdowne | under 2% | B− | A− | 29 min | $58,605 |
| Linthicum | 4% | A+ | B | 23 min | $134,673 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Baltimore. Darker towns draw more of Baltimore Highlands’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 Baltimore Highlands: questions
What is the median household income in Baltimore Highlands?
$62,304 (±$13,729) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baltimore Highlands?
18.3%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baltimore Highlands?
31 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baltimore Highlands work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baltimore (20%, 5 mi), Columbia (4%, 12 mi), Linthicum (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Baltimore Highlands walkable?
Baltimore Highlands is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.2 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Baltimore Highlands without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 63% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Baltimore Highlands, from the people who make the trip.
More of Baltimore Highlands
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.