Photo: SlipperyDude · CC BY-SA 3.0Drum Point has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Measured by household income, Drum Point is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns. There are 69 jobs in Drum Point for 999 working residents. The two grades for Drum Point are B 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
What stands out about work in Drum Point
Drum Point is a place people come home to
There are 69 jobs based in Drum Point, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Drum Point has about 2,700 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Drum Point 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 ↓
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 999 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Drum Point
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Drum Point is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #188 of 261 in Maryland. The poverty rate holds Drum Point’s grade up (4.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Drum Point could be anywhere from C− to A.
Who works in Drum Point, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 995 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Drum Point on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
A commute of about 44 minutes in Drum Point
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Drum Point workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,507 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.
8% of working residents work in California
Where Drum Point clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
A place that makes things: 29% of Drum Point’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Drum Point, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 69. 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 Drum Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Drum Point commutes
About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
In Drum Point, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Drum Point is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #257 of 261 in Maryland. 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 1,837 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 Drum Point households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Drum Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800, Drum Point ranks 1,576th of 4,355 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Brown Station MD | 3,451 | $169K | 3.3% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Naval Academy MD | 3,006 | $122K | 1.5% | 4.4% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Chevy Chase MD | 2,804 | $250K | 2.0% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,574 | Fulton Township OH | 3,149 | $82K | 12.6% | 2.8% | 3% | B |
| 1,575 | Eldred Township PA | 2,613 | $71K | 9.4% | 1.1% | 4% | B |
| 1,576 | Drum Point MD | 3,589 | $109K | 4.1% | 5.5% | <1% | B |
| 1,577 | The Homesteads TX | 3,053 | $77K | 15.7% | 3.1% | <1% | B |
| 1,578 | Rock Valley IA | 4,188 | $76K | 9.3% | 0.4% | 36% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | 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 Drum Point, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Drum Point and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Lusby (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Drum Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drum Point | – | B | C− | 44 min | $109,231 |
| Chesapeake Ranch Estates | under 2% | A− | B− | 41 min | $102,669 |
| Lusby | 4% | A | D | 34 min | $151,711 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Drum Point’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 Drum Point: questions
What is the median household income in Drum Point?
$109,231 (±$54,026) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Drum Point?
4.1%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Drum Point?
44 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Drum Point work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are California (8%, 4 mi), Prince Frederick (7%, 17 mi), Washington (5%, 51 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Drum Point walkable?
Drum Point is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Drum Point 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 Drum Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Drum Point
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.