Mt. Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainHousehold incomes in Crownsville top those of 98% of U.S. towns
Hardly any work in Crownsville itself; outside it, Parole draws the most (8%, 3 miles). 11.9% of residents are in poverty, next to 9.4% for Maryland as a whole. Crownsville grades A 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
Where Crownsville stands out on work
Fewer jobs are based in Crownsville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Crownsville fell from 1,359 in 2013 to 680 in 2023, −50%. 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 ↓
Commutes from Crownsville are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 31 across Maryland. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Maryland 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 671 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Crownsville
On income, poverty and job access, Crownsville is better than 87% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Crownsville’s grade up ($201,550, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Crownsville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Crownsville could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
In Crownsville, services account for most jobs
680 jobs are based in Crownsville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crownsville, 2013 → 2023: 1,359 → 680. 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 Crownsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Crownsville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crownsville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 591 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.
Who works in Crownsville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 665 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 674 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Crownsville ends
Where Crownsville clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
Where in the region Crownsville 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.
The commute in Crownsville is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Crownsville is more walkable than 26% 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 717 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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 Crownsville households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Crownsville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Crownsville is 437th among 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Cabin John MD | 2,179 | $250K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Colmar Manor MD | 1,590 | $123K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 435 | Dorrance Township PA | 2,130 | $99K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A |
| 436 | Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley CA | 2,127 | $159K | 7.9% | 1.0% | 3% | A |
| 437 | Crownsville MD | 1,756 | $202K | 11.9% | 1.8% | 1% | A |
| 438 | Pleak TX | 1,202 | $72K | 4.7% | 1.5% | <1% | A |
| 439 | Jefferson Township IN | 2,299 | $105K | 5.5% | 1.4% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | 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 Crownsville, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Crownsville and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crownsville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crownsville | – | A | C | 23 min | $201,550 |
| Herald Harbor | under 3% | A+ | C− | 28 min | $147,778 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crownsville’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 Crownsville: questions
What is the median household income in Crownsville?
$201,550 (±$66,182) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crownsville?
11.9%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crownsville?
23 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crownsville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parole (8%, 3 mi), Annapolis (8%, 6 mi), Washington (7%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crownsville walkable?
Crownsville is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crownsville 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 Crownsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crownsville
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.