Photo: Pubdog · Public domainHouseholds in Charlotte Hall have higher incomes than those in 61% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 5% of workers, where Maryland as a whole has 19%. Below the poverty line: 20.3% of residents; Maryland has 9.4%. For jobs and income Charlotte Hall is better than 30% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Charlotte Hall
Charlotte Hall is where the jobs are
Charlotte Hall has 714 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Charlotte Hall than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Charlotte Hall fell from 1,076 in 2014 to 714 in 2024, −34%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 462 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Charlotte Hall’s grade
Household income holds Charlotte Hall’s grade up ($84,271, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (4.9%) is left out: Charlotte Hall’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, Charlotte Hall could be anywhere from D− to A.
A workday in Charlotte Hall: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 456 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 708 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Charlotte Hall on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
What work there is in Charlotte Hall: 714 jobs
714 jobs are based in Charlotte Hall.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Charlotte Hall, 2014 → 2024: 1,076 → 714. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Charlotte Hall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Charlotte Hall’s workers come from
Where Charlotte Hall clocks in
7% 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.
How long Charlotte Hall spends getting to work: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Charlotte Hall workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 471 commuters (the 5% 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.
How many miles Charlotte Hall commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Charlotte Hall is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 498 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Charlotte Hall households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Charlotte Hall’s commuters take a bus or train.
Charlotte Hall next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600: 2,424th of 4,312 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Colmar Manor MD | 1,590 | $123K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Galesville MD | 1,062 | $205K | 2.7% | 6.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,422 | Greenwood Township PA | 1,411 | $76K | 11.8% | 3.7% | 7% | C |
| 2,423 | Cassian WI | 1,086 | $80K | 9.9% | 2.9% | 1% | C |
| 2,424 | Charlotte Hall MD | 1,172 | $84K | 20.3% | 4.9% | 1% | C |
| 2,425 | La Union NM | 1,071 | $56K | 14.1% | 8.2% | 1% | C |
| 2,426 | Grant NE | 1,158 | $71K | 8.4% | 0.4% | 37% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Charlotte Hall, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Charlotte Hall and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Charlotte Hall workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Hall | – | C | B+ | 32 min | $84,271 |
| Mechanicsville | under 2% | A− | B− | 40 min | $120,966 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Charlotte Hall’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 2024, 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 Charlotte Hall: questions
What is the median household income in Charlotte Hall?
$84,271 (±$56,187) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Charlotte Hall?
20.3%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Charlotte Hall?
32 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Charlotte Hall work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (7%, 33 mi), Waldorf (7%, 12 mi), California (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Charlotte Hall walkable?
Charlotte Hall is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Charlotte Hall without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Charlotte Hall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Charlotte Hall
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.