Fruitland’s household incomes are lower than in 68% of U.S. towns
Fruitland grades C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Poverty touches 19.9% of residents; Maryland has 9.4%. 9% of workers have no commute at all (Maryland 19%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Fruitland apart
Commutes from Fruitland are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 31 across Maryland. That’s about 107 hours a year less on the road than the typical Maryland worker. Time on the road ↓
Fruitland and Salisbury trade workers both ways
Salisbury is the top workplace for Fruitland residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Fruitland come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
32% of the jobs based in Fruitland are held by workers 29 or younger, against 22% of Fruitland’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.
Fruitland’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fruitland is better than 37% of U.S. towns, #244 of 261 in Maryland. Unemployment holds Fruitland’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fruitland could be anywhere from D to B+.
From Fruitland, about 17 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fruitland workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,115 commuters (the 9% 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.
32% of working residents work in Salisbury
Where Fruitland clocks in
32% of workers
3% 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.
What work there is in Fruitland: 1,529 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fruitland, 2013 → 2023: 1,369 → 1,529. 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 Fruitland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Fruitland by day and by night
On a workday 2,005 residents head out to work, 75 work right here, and 1,454 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.74 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Fruitland
About 25% 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.
The commute in Fruitland is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fruitland is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns, #249 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 2,329 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). 2.1% of Fruitland households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fruitland’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Fruitland is 2,280th of 3,394 U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,100
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Fulton MD | 5,677 | $222K | 0.7% | 1.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Riva MD | 4,976 | $176K | 1.1% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Hampton MD | 5,372 | $171K | 3.8% | 0.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,278 | Jefferson Township OH | 5,982 | $73K | 12.9% | 12.2% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,279 | Dahlonega GA | 7,918 | $78K | 35.9% | 8.2% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,280 | Fruitland MD | 6,007 | $64K | 19.9% | 3.5% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,281 | North Kansas City MO | 5,613 | $50K | 9.1% | 9.5% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,282 | Alliance NE | 7,914 | $65K | 12.8% | 2.0% | 42% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,394 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Fruitland, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
The towns next door employ 32% of Fruitland
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Salisbury. Darker towns draw more of Fruitland’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 Fruitland: questions
What is the median household income in Fruitland?
$64,004 (±$15,462) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fruitland?
19.9%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fruitland?
17 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fruitland work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salisbury (32%, 4 mi), Baltimore (3%, 86 mi), Ocean City (2%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fruitland walkable?
Fruitland is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fruitland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fruitland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fruitland
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.