Mount Aventine · Photo: Kenneth Gray · CC BY-SA 3.0More people are out of work in Bryans Road (8.5%) than in 90% of U.S. towns
Bryans Road grades A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Bryans Road is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns. Only 2% work in Bryans Road; the top destination outside it is Washington (24%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bryans Road: the figures worth knowing
A lot of Bryans Road workers cross into Washington, D.C.
38% of Bryans Road workers work outside Maryland, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Washington (24%), Arlington (3%) and Alexandria (3%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Bryans Road workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 45 minutes each way, against 31 across Maryland. Over a year that’s about 345 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (32 to 42 minutes). Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Bryans Road
70% of Bryans Road residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Bryans Road pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Bryans Road is a place people come home to
There are 799 jobs based in Bryans Road, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bryans Road has about 6,200 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. 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.
Inside Bryans Road’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bryans Road is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #136 of 261 in Maryland. The poverty rate holds Bryans Road’s grade up (2.8%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bryans Road could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Out of Bryans Road to work: where people go
Where Bryans Road clocks in
24% of workers
6% 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.
Each way, about 45 minutes from Bryans Road
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bryans Road workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,812 commuters (the 19% 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.
Jobs in Bryans Road: what the 799 are
799 jobs are based in Bryans Road.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bryans Road, 2013 → 2023: 759 → 799. 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 Bryans Road’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Bryans Road
On a workday 3,871 residents head out to work, 72 work right here, and 727 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,200 people are in Bryans Road on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.20 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.
How far it is to work from Bryans Road
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.
Few in Bryans Road walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bryans Road is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns, #171 of 261 in Maryland. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.0% across Maryland, on an EPA index of 6.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,731 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). 0.4% of Bryans Road households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Bryans Road’s commuters take a bus or train.
897th of 2,806: where Bryans Road ranks among U.S. towns of 6,600 to 12,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 16 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
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| 34 | Chevy Chase MD | 9,445 | $212K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 41 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 895 | Duvall WA | 9,440 | $197K | 12.8% | 2.5% | 7% | A− |
| 896 | Meridianville AL | 11,150 | $97K | 4.9% | 4.2% | 2% | A− |
| 897 | Bryans Road MD | 9,371 | $118K | 2.8% | 8.5% | 2% | A− |
| 898 | George Mason VA | 9,937 | $150K | 5.8% | 9.5% | 6% | A− |
| 899 | Blair NE | 7,997 | $81K | 7.8% | 2.1% | 30% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,806 | 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 Bryans Road, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Around Bryans Road: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bryans Road workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryans Road | – | A− | B+ | 45 min | $118,361 |
| Bensville | under 2% | A | C− | 42 min | $170,072 |
| Potomac Heights | under 2% | B | A− | 32 min | $71,786 |
| Accokeek | under 2% | A− | B | 42 min | $150,815 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bryans Road’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 Bryans Road: questions
What is the median household income in Bryans Road?
$118,361 (±$13,782) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bryans Road?
2.8%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bryans Road?
45 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bryans Road work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (24%, 21 mi), Waldorf (6%, 10 mi), Arlington (3%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bryans Road walkable?
Bryans Road is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bryans Road without a car?
6% 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 Bryans Road, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bryans Road
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.