More people are out of work in Flower Hill (8.4%) than in 90% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Flower Hill is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns. Flower Hill grades B+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 7.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 26.3 in Baltimore.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Flower Hill apart on work
Flower Hill is a place people come home to
There are 480 jobs based in Flower Hill, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Flower Hill has about 8,200 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Flower Hill than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Flower Hill fell from 749 in 2013 to 480 in 2023, −36%. 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 ↓
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.
Flower Hill’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Flower Hill is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #183 of 261 in Maryland. Job access by car holds Flower Hill’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Flower Hill could be anywhere from B− to A−.
How many people are in Flower Hill by day
On a workday 5,970 residents head out to work, 71 work right here, and 409 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,200 people are in Flower Hill on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.08 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.
Inside Flower Hill’s 480 jobs
480 jobs are based in Flower Hill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flower Hill, 2013 → 2023: 749 → 480. 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 Flower Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
13% of working residents work in Rockville
Where Flower Hill clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Flower Hill
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flower Hill workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,632 commuters (the 13% 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.
Half of Flower Hill commutes less than 11 miles
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 Flower Hill, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Flower Hill is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns, #61 of 261 in Maryland. Both inputs place Flower Hill 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 6,488 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, 32% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 90% 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). 5.2% of Flower Hill households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Flower Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Flower Hill is 1,063rd among 2,227 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 10 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Colesville MD | 14,519 | $131K | 3.4% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,061 | Swansea IL | 14,356 | $92K | 8.7% | 5.7% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,062 | Waimalu HI | 13,061 | $89K | 6.8% | 6.7% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,063 | Flower Hill MD | 13,794 | $113K | 9.3% | 8.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,064 | Glenpool OK | 14,705 | $80K | 11.0% | 3.3% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,065 | River Grove IL | 10,409 | $70K | 6.2% | 5.9% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | 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 Flower Hill, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Work next door: 10% of Flower Hill’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Flower Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flower Hill | – | B+ | A | 32 min | $112,975 |
| Gaithersburg | 10% | A− | A+ | 29 min | $112,467 |
| Montgomery Village | under 2% | B | A+ | 33 min | $95,348 |
| Redland | under 2% | A | A+ | 35 min | $132,153 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Gaithersburg. Darker towns draw more of Flower Hill’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 Flower Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Flower Hill?
$112,975 (±$12,632) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flower Hill?
9.3%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flower Hill?
32 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flower Hill work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockville (13%, 6 mi), Gaithersburg (10%, 2 mi), Washington (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Flower Hill walkable?
Flower Hill is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.1 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Flower Hill without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 32% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Flower Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flower Hill
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.