Photo: Andrew Bossi · CC BY-SA 2.5Households in Four Corners earn more than those in 98% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 4.4% of residents; Maryland has 9.4%. Jobs and income earn Four Corners A+; getting around on foot earns it A+. Working from home is the commute for 35% of workers, against 19% across Maryland.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Four Corners apart on work
A lot of Four Corners works from home
35% of Four Corners workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland. Time on the road ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Four Corners’ working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 35 minutes, longer than the Maryland average of 31. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Four Corners workers cross into Washington, D.C.
21% of Four Corners workers work outside Maryland, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Washington (26%) and Arlington (3%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Most Four Corners residents work close to home
69% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 3% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Four Corners
76% of Four Corners residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 55% of the jobs based in Four Corners pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. 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.
Inside Four Corners’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Four Corners is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #44 of 261 in Maryland. Household income is its strongest input ($203,125, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Four Corners could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Getting to work from Four Corners takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Four Corners workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,792 commuters (the 35% 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.
26% of working residents work in Washington
Where Four Corners clocks in
26% of workers
7% 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.
How far Four Corners goes 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
1,336 jobs are based in Four Corners.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Four Corners, 2013 → 2023: 1,061 → 1,336. 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 Four Corners’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Four Corners, and who commutes in
On a workday 3,709 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 1,282 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,700 people are in Four Corners on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.36 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.
Four Corners is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,322 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, 38% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 30.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, among the most 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). 3.5% of Four Corners households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Four Corners’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Four Corners is 220th among 3,007 U.S. towns of 5,700 to 11,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 22 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Chevy Chase MD | 9,445 | $212K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Fairwood MD | 7,526 | $181K | 6.5% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 218 | Milford Township PA | 10,233 | $125K | 4.4% | 2.5% | 6% | A+ |
| 219 | Algoma WI | 6,956 | $107K | 5.0% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 220 | Four Corners MD | 8,150 | $203K | 4.4% | 3.9% | 1% | A+ |
| 221 | Atherton CA | 6,960 | $250K | 5.3% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| 222 | Signal Mountain TN | 8,824 | $141K | 3.3% | 2.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,007 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Four Corners, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Around Four Corners: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Silver Spring (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Four Corners workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four Corners | – | A+ | A+ | 35 min | $203,125 |
| Kemp Mill | under 2% | B+ | A | 31 min | $146,354 |
| Burnt Mills | under 2% | B+ | A | 32 min | $113,463 |
| Silver Spring | 4% | B+ | A+ | 34 min | $99,860 |
| Hillandale | under 2% | A+ | A+ | 33 min | $164,871 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Four Corners’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 Four Corners: questions
What is the median household income in Four Corners?
$203,125 (±$23,111) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Four Corners?
4.4%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Four Corners?
35 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Four Corners work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (26%, 8 mi), Bethesda (7%, 6 mi), Rockville (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Four Corners walkable?
Four Corners is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.6 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Four Corners without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 38% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Four Corners, from the people who make the trip.
More of Four Corners
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.