Glen Echo Park Historic District · Photo: Mary Ann Daly · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Brookmont are among the highest of any U.S. town
Brookmont grades A+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. The poverty rate is 2.8%, next to 9.4% for Maryland as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Brookmont stands out on work
Jobs in Brookmont have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Brookmont went from 390 in 2013 to 920 in 2023, +136%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Brookmont workers cross into Washington, D.C.
36% of Brookmont workers work outside Maryland, most of them in Washington, D.C., the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Much of Brookmont works one town over
46% of working residents work in a town that borders Brookmont: Washington (34%), Bethesda (10%) and Cabin John (2%). Next door ↓
Home offices are common in Brookmont
37% of Brookmont workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
83% of Brookmont’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data, and so do 85% of the jobs based in Brookmont. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Brookmont
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brookmont is among the top U.S. towns, #14 of 261 in Maryland. Household income is its strongest input ($247,150, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brookmont could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Brookmont
920 jobs are based in Brookmont.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brookmont, 2013 → 2023: 390 → 920. 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 Brookmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
34% of working residents work in Washington
Where Brookmont clocks in
34% of workers
10% 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 long Brookmont spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brookmont workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,227 commuters (the 37% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Brookmont
On a workday 1,322 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 890 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Brookmont on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.68 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.
Half of Brookmont commutes less than 7 miles
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Brookmont
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brookmont is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns, #73 of 261 in Maryland. Both inputs place Brookmont 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 1,946 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, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 91% 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). 2.9% of Brookmont households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Brookmont’s commuters take a bus or train.
Brookmont next to U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000: 61st of 4,318 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Riva MD | 4,976 | $176K | 1.1% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Brown Station MD | 3,451 | $169K | 3.3% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Naval Academy MD | 3,006 | $122K | 1.5% | 4.4% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Shavano Park TX | 3,861 | $165K | 2.3% | 2.6% | 2% | A+ |
| 60 | Bristol WI | 4,347 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 61 | Brookmont MD | 3,671 | $247K | 2.8% | 3.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 62 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 63 | Barton Creek TX | 3,440 | $204K | 3.0% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Brookmont, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
The towns next door employ 46% of Brookmont
The biggest share goes to Washington (34%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brookmont workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookmont | – | A+ | A | 25 min | $247,150 |
| Bethesda | 10% | A+ | A+ | 28 min | $192,237 |
| Glen Echo | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Cabin John | 2% | A+ | A | 31 min | $250,000+ |
Same-state neighbors only. Glen Echo: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brookmont’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 Brookmont: questions
What is the median household income in Brookmont?
$247,150 (±$16,522) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brookmont?
2.8%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brookmont?
25 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 37% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brookmont work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (34%, 7 mi), Bethesda (10%, 2 mi), Arlington (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brookmont walkable?
Brookmont is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.9 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brookmont without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brookmont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brookmont
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.