St. Matthew's Church · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainMost of Cedar Heights commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 86 jobs in Cedar Heights for 627 working residents. Cedar Heights grades B+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 7.8 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 26.3 in Baltimore.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Cedar Heights in brief
Cedar Heights is a place people come home to
There are 86 jobs based in Cedar Heights, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Many Cedar Heights workers cross into Washington, D.C.
41% of Cedar Heights workers work outside Maryland, most of them in Washington, D.C., the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
37% of Cedar Heights works in Washington
235 working residents, 37%, have their main job in Washington, DC, 5.9 miles away. That’s far more as work in Cedar Heights itself. The commute map ↓
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 627 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Cedar Heights’ Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cedar Heights is better than 75% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Cedar Heights’ grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cedar Heights could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
How many people are in Cedar Heights by day
On a workday 626 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Cedar Heights on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
37% of working residents work in Washington
Where Cedar Heights clocks in
37% of workers
4% of workers
2% 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 Cedar Heights, 2013 → 2023: 237 → 86. 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 Cedar Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Maryland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedar Heights workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,020 commuters (the 9% 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.
Miles to work from Cedar Heights
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: Cedar Heights
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cedar Heights is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Cedar Heights 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 1,119 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, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.8 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). 1.8% of Cedar Heights households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 15% of Cedar Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,641 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000, Cedar Heights comes 1,031st on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Colmar Manor MD | 1,590 | $123K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,029 | Duluth Township MN | 2,121 | $116K | 8.1% | 2.2% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,030 | Allegheny Township PA | 2,730 | $91K | 3.1% | 0.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,031 | Cedar Heights MD | 2,213 | $77K | 6.2% | 4.6% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,032 | Justice OK | 1,530 | $98K | 7.5% | 2.7% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,033 | Oakham MA | 1,917 | $102K | 4.4% | 2.5% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | 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 Cedar Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Next door to Cedar Heights
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cedar Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Heights | – | B+ | A+ | 33 min | $76,696 |
| Seat Pleasant | under 1% | C | A+ | 37 min | $57,018 |
| Fairmount Heights | under 1% | B | A+ | 33 min | $78,516 |
| Summerfield | under 1% | B | A+ | 34 min | $91,007 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cedar Heights’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 Cedar Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Cedar Heights?
$76,696 (±$52,213) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedar Heights?
6.2%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedar Heights?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedar Heights work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (37%, 6 mi), Lake Arbor (4%, 4 mi), Landover (2%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cedar Heights walkable?
Cedar Heights is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 12.3 out of 20, and 15% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cedar Heights without a car?
15% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cedar Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedar Heights
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.