With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Calvert Beach works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 29% of workers, next to 19% for Maryland as a whole. Employers in Calvert Beach report 19 jobs for 325 working residents. Calvert Beach grades B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Calvert Beach at work: what stands out
Calvert Beach is a place people come home to
There are 19 jobs based in Calvert Beach, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Calvert Beach has about 770 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Calvert Beach
29% of Calvert Beach workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland. Time on the road ↓
Calvert Beach workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 31 across Maryland. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical 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 325 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Calvert Beach
On income, poverty and job access, Calvert Beach is better than 68% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Calvert Beach’s grade up (2.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (7.8%) is left out: Calvert Beach’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, Calvert Beach could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
In and out of Calvert Beach on a workday
On a workday 325 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in Calvert Beach on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
A commute of about 36 minutes in Calvert Beach
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Calvert Beach workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 345 commuters (the 29% 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.
12% of working residents work in Prince Frederick
Where Calvert Beach clocks in
12% of workers
7% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Calvert Beach, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 19. 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 Calvert Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Calvert Beach works
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 Calvert Beach walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Calvert Beach is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 484 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 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% 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). 0.0% of Calvert Beach households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Calvert Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Calvert Beach ranks: 554th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 552 | Leaf River Township IL | 1,076 | $86K | 5.4% | 2.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 553 | Ridgeville Township OH | 1,099 | $84K | 5.1% | 0.0% | 5% | B+ |
| 554 | Calvert Beach MD | 1,074 | $90K | 2.1% | 7.8% | 0% | B+ |
| 555 | Butler Township IN | 1,343 | $97K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 556 | Monroe Township OH | 1,091 | $86K | 4.6% | 9.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Calvert Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
The towns around Calvert Beach
The biggest share goes to St. Leonard (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Calvert Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvert Beach | – | B+ | C− | 36 min | $90,000 |
| St. Leonard | 1% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Long Beach | under 2% | A− | C− | 33 min | $126,683 |
Same-state neighbors only. St. Leonard: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Calvert Beach’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 Calvert Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Calvert Beach?
$90,000 (±$26,855) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Calvert Beach?
2.1%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Calvert Beach?
36 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Calvert Beach work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Prince Frederick (12%, 7 mi), Washington (7%, 41 mi), California (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Calvert Beach walkable?
Calvert Beach is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Calvert Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Calvert Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Calvert Beach
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.