Cabin John Aqueduct · Photo: Moreau1 · Public domainHouseholds in Cabin John earn more than in almost any other U.S. town
Below the poverty line: 0.8% of residents; Maryland has 9.4%. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. For jobs and income Cabin John is among the top U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cabin John at work: what stands out
Most Cabin John residents work close to home
69% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 4% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
A lot of Cabin John workers cross into Washington, D.C.
31% of Cabin John workers work outside Maryland, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Washington (31%), Arlington (3%) and Tysons (2%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Four in five Cabin John workers earn over $40,000 a year
85% of Cabin John’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. The jobs based in Cabin John itself pay less: 62% are in that band. 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; with 916 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Cabin John’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cabin John is among the top U.S. towns. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Cabin John’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
The Census reports Cabin John’s median household income as $250,000+, the top of its scale; the grade ranks it as tied with the 111 other graded places at that ceiling.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cabin John stays A+.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Cabin John
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.
31% of working residents work in Washington
Where Cabin John clocks in
31% of workers
11% 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.
Most jobs in Cabin John are in services
476 jobs are based in Cabin John.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cabin John, 2013 → 2023: 426 → 476. 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 Cabin John’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Cabin John, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 902 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 462 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Cabin John on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.52 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.
Each way, about 31 minutes from Cabin John
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cabin John workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 730 commuters (the 35% 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.
Cabin John is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 6.4% 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 1,131 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, 99% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 72% 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). 1.8% of Cabin John households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Cabin John’s commuters take a bus or train.
4th of 5,404: where Cabin John ranks among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Cabin John MD | 2,179 | $250K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 5 | Columbine Valley CO | 1,684 | $250K | 0.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Colmar Manor MD | 1,590 | $123K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Herald Harbor MD | 2,430 | $148K | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Adamstown MD | 2,025 | $196K | 0.9% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Cabin John, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Work next door: 16% of Cabin John’s workers
The biggest share goes to Bethesda (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cabin John workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabin John | – | A+ | A | 31 min | $250,000+ |
| Potomac | 3% | A+ | A | 30 min | $236,675 |
| Glen Echo | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Brookmont | 2% | A+ | A | 25 min | $247,150 |
| Bethesda | 11% | A+ | A+ | 28 min | $192,237 |
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 Cabin John’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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Cabin John: questions
What is the median household income in Cabin John?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cabin John?
0.8%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cabin John?
31 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cabin John work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (31%, 9 mi), Bethesda (11%, 3 mi), Rockville (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cabin John walkable?
Cabin John is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.6 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cabin John without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 99% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cabin John, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cabin John
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.