Photo: Mellowcream · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Easton (3.4%) is lower than in 63% of U.S. towns
The average commute takes 20 minutes each way, where Maryland has 31 and the U.S. 26. For jobs and income Easton is better than 49% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (A−). About one in three work in Easton; the top destination outside it is Cambridge (4%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Easton, in brief
Commutes from Easton are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 31 across Maryland. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Maryland worker. Time on the road ↓
No single place dominates Easton’s commute
The biggest draw, Cambridge, gets only 4% of working residents, and 50% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Easton residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Easton draws workers from far and wide
The 11,412 jobs in Easton are filled from a wide area. Easton’s own residents hold 20% and the ten next-biggest home towns 13%; the other 67% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Easton is where the jobs are
Easton has 11,412 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Easton: the grade in detail
Unemployment holds Easton’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Easton could be anywhere from C to B+.
Time on the road from Easton: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Easton workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,809 commuters (the 14% 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.
Commuting in to Easton: where workers come from
Where Easton clocks in
4% 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.
A workday in Easton: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 5,020 residents head out to work, 2,228 work right here, and 9,184 people come in from elsewhere.
About 21,000 people are in Easton on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
1.6 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 2023, primary jobs.
What the 11,412 jobs in Easton are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Easton, 2013 → 2023: 11,790 → 11,412. 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 Easton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Easton goes to work
About 18% 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.
Easton is easy on foot, hard by bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,911 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). 10.1% of Easton households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Easton’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Easton ranks: 1,293rd of 1,999 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 23,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Colesville MD | 14,519 | $131K | 3.4% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Honeygo MD | 12,250 | $146K | 1.8% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,291 | Belvedere Park GA | 14,181 | $65K | 16.1% | 4.7% | 1% | B− |
| 1,292 | Kingsland GA | 21,299 | $78K | 10.7% | 3.2% | 20% | B− |
| 1,293 | Easton MD | 17,293 | $75K | 11.0% | 3.4% | 31% | B− |
| 1,294 | Callaway FL | 14,369 | $66K | 9.6% | 3.3% | 5% | B− |
| 1,295 | South Venice FL | 17,484 | $77K | 12.5% | 3.9% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,999 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Easton, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
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 Easton: questions
What is the median household income in Easton?
$74,653 (±$6,181) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Easton?
11.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Easton?
20 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Easton work?
31% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cambridge (4%, 15 mi), Baltimore (4%, 46 mi), St. Michaels (2%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Easton walkable?
Easton is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Easton without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Easton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Easton
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.