Households in Colmar Manor earn more than those in 89% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 2.3% of residents; Maryland has 9.4%. Colmar Manor grades A+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Hardly any stay in Colmar Manor for work; outside it, Washington is the main destination (38%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Colmar Manor
Many Colmar Manor workers cross into Washington, D.C.
42% of Colmar Manor workers work outside Maryland, most of them in Washington, D.C., the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
38% of Colmar Manor works in Washington
243 working residents, 38%, have their main job in Washington, DC, 4.2 miles away. That’s 38 times as many as work in Colmar Manor itself. The commute map ↓
Most Colmar Manor residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 3% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
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 634 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Colmar Manor gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Colmar Manor is among the top U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Colmar Manor’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (4.0%) is left out: Colmar Manor’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Colmar Manor stays A+.
Where Colmar Manor’s working residents head each day
Where Colmar Manor clocks in
38% of workers
3% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Colmar Manor
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.
Who works in Colmar Manor, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 628 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Colmar Manor on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.39 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.
In Colmar Manor, services account for most jobs
247 jobs are based in Colmar Manor.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Colmar Manor, 2013 → 2023: 281 → 247. 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 Colmar Manor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes to work from Colmar Manor
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Colmar Manor workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 746 commuters (the 18% 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.
Colmar Manor is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Colmar Manor is among the most walkable U.S. towns. Both inputs place Colmar Manor 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 912 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 25.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 98% 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). 4.3% of Colmar Manor households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 12% of Colmar Manor’s commuters take a bus or train.
19th of 5,794: where Colmar Manor ranks among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 18 | Berkeley Lake GA | 2,034 | $166K | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 19 | Colmar Manor MD | 1,590 | $123K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 20 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 21 | Dunthorpe OR | 1,875 | $250K | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Adamstown MD | 2,025 | $196K | 0.9% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Colmar Manor, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Colmar Manor and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Colmar Manor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colmar Manor | – | A+ | A+ | 33 min | $122,794 |
| Cottage City | under 2% | B+ | A | 35 min | $80,795 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Colmar Manor’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 Colmar Manor: questions
What is the median household income in Colmar Manor?
$122,794 (±$17,057) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Colmar Manor?
2.3%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Colmar Manor?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Colmar Manor work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (38%, 4 mi), Baltimore (3%, 31 mi), Silver Spring (2%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Colmar Manor walkable?
Colmar Manor is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 16.5 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Colmar Manor without a car?
12% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Colmar Manor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Colmar Manor
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.