Photo: Pubdog · Public domainHouseholds in Deale earn more than those in 90% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Deale are B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Poverty touches 3.7% of residents, against 9.4% across Maryland. Only 8% stay in Deale for work; outside it, Parole is the main destination (8%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Deale
Deale workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 44 minutes each way, against 31 across Maryland. Over a year that’s about 337 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Deale
73% of Deale residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 47% of the jobs based in Deale pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
No single place dominates Deale’s commute
The biggest draw, Parole, gets only 8% of working residents, and 60% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Deale residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Deale are held by workers 29 or younger, against 20% of Deale’s own working residents. 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.
Deale’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Deale is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #184 of 261 in Maryland. Household income holds Deale’s grade up ($125,510, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Deale could be anywhere from B− to A.
Commuting from Deale: about 44 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deale workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,104 commuters (the 25% 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.
The 812 jobs based in Deale
812 jobs are based in Deale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deale, 2013 → 2023: 670 → 812. 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 Deale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Deale commutes to
Where Deale clocks in
6% of workers
5% 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 daily commute in and out of Deale
On a workday 1,930 residents head out to work, 164 work right here, and 648 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Deale 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.
The distance from Deale to work
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Deale
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Deale is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns, #133 of 261 in Maryland. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.0% across Maryland, on an EPA index of 7.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,793 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 Deale households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Deale’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,651 U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,200, Deale comes 1,413th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Fulton MD | 5,677 | $222K | 0.7% | 1.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Riva MD | 4,976 | $176K | 1.1% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Hampton MD | 5,372 | $171K | 3.8% | 0.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,411 | Wellington Township OH | 6,144 | $71K | 9.2% | 2.1% | 17% | B+ |
| 1,412 | Annville Township PA | 5,037 | $71K | 4.3% | 5.0% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,413 | Deale MD | 5,333 | $126K | 3.7% | 6.9% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,414 | Upland IN | 3,835 | $84K | 9.7% | 2.2% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,415 | Silverton OH | 4,887 | $72K | 14.2% | 2.5% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,651 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Deale, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
How Deale compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Shady Side (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Deale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deale | – | B+ | A− | 44 min | $125,510 |
| Shady Side | 2% | B+ | C | 37 min | $153,661 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Deale’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 Deale: questions
What is the median household income in Deale?
$125,510 (±$14,253) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deale?
3.7%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deale?
44 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deale work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parole (8%, 14 mi), Washington (6%, 27 mi), Annapolis (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Deale walkable?
Deale is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Deale without a car?
6% 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 Deale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deale
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.