Photo: S F Corfidi · CC BY-SA 3.0Carney has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
6,673 jobs are based in Carney, and 12,693 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Carney B+; getting around on foot earns it B+. Only 4% stay in Carney for work; outside it, Baltimore is the main destination (27%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Carney: the gist
Carney and Baltimore trade workers both ways
Baltimore is the top workplace for Carney residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Carney come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Carney
66% of Carney residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Carney pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. 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.
How Carney earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Carney is better than 73% of U.S. towns, #154 of 261 in Maryland. Job access by car holds Carney’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Carney could be anywhere from B to A.
Out of Carney to work: where people go
Where Carney clocks in
27% of workers
10% 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.
The kinds of work in Carney
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carney, 2013 → 2023: 6,990 → 6,673. 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 Carney’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Carney, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 12,175 residents head out to work, 518 work right here, and 6,155 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22,000 people are in Carney on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Commuting from Carney: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carney workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,608 commuters (the 13% 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.
Carney’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Getting around Carney: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Carney is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #178 of 261 in Maryland. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% 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 13,360 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 40% 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). 6.8% of Carney households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Carney’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Carney is 613th of 1,409 U.S. towns of 20,000 to 38,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | North Laurel MD | 25,563 | $123K | 4.7% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Arnold MD | 24,303 | $142K | 3.1% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| 47 | Pasadena MD | 34,309 | $130K | 5.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 611 | Kaneohe HI | 37,355 | $126K | 9.7% | 4.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 612 | Ridley Township PA | 30,956 | $93K | 9.3% | 4.7% | 7% | B+ |
| 613 | Carney MD | 28,343 | $84K | 11.0% | 3.2% | 4% | B+ |
| 614 | North Augusta SC | 26,982 | $86K | 6.6% | 3.8% | 9% | B+ |
| 615 | Fountain Hills AZ | 23,625 | $113K | 6.2% | 5.3% | 14% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,409 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Carney, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Next door to Carney
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Carney workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carney | – | B+ | B+ | 29 min | $83,620 |
| Perry Hall | under 2% | A | A− | 29 min | $106,244 |
| Overlea | under 2% | B+ | A− | 29 min | $88,841 |
| Hampton | under 2% | A+ | B | 24 min | $170,688 |
| Parkville | under 2% | B+ | A− | 27 min | $79,178 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Carney’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 Carney: questions
What is the median household income in Carney?
$83,620 (±$6,967) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carney?
11.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carney?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carney work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baltimore (27%, 9 mi), Towson (10%, 5 mi), Cockeysville (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Carney walkable?
Carney is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Carney without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carney, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carney
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.