Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Galesville’s family incomes are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
Only 2% stay in Galesville for work; outside it, Parole is the main destination (11%, 10 miles). Jobs and income earn Galesville A+; getting around on foot earns it D. At home: 49% of workers have no commute at all (Maryland 19%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Galesville: the gist
Home offices are common in Galesville
49% of Galesville workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland. Time on the road ↓
Galesville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 31 across Maryland. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 38 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 263 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Galesville’s grade
On family income, poverty and job access, Galesville is better than 98% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 11.9%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 65% of U.S. towns). It also does well on family income and job access by car.
19% of Galesville’s residents are college students, and off-campus students count in the Census poverty figures. Where students are 15% or more of the people the Census checks for poverty (19% here), the grade uses the rate without them: 0.0%, against 2.7% for all residents. Unemployment (6.3%) is left out here: students looking for part-time work count as unemployed. Income is ranked as median family income ($205,528), since student households pull the household median down ($205,205).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for family income and poverty, Galesville could be anywhere from A− to A+.
About 36 minutes each way for Galesville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Galesville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 270 commuters (the 49% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Galesville
On a workday 257 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 241 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Galesville work
Where Galesville clocks in
6% of workers
6% 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 Galesville’s employers do
247 jobs are based in Galesville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Galesville, 2014 → 2024: 183 → 247. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Galesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Galesville
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Galesville walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Galesville is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns. 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 532 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). 2.7% of Galesville households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Galesville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Galesville is 44th among 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Kaneville Township IL | 1,129 | $133K | 1.4% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 43 | Penryn CA | 1,114 | $127K | 2.4% | 5.5% | 3% | A+ |
| 44 | Galesville MD | 1,062 | $205K | 2.7% | 6.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 45 | McMillin WA | 1,348 | $141K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 46 | Coldstream KY | 1,325 | $109K | 2.8% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Libertytown MD | 1,346 | $114K | 1.0% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Keedysville MD | 1,225 | $150K | 2.4% | 4.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Galesville, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Galesville and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Galesville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galesville | – | A+ | D | 36 min | $205,205 |
| Shady Side | under 2% | B+ | C | 37 min | $153,661 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Galesville’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 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Students. 19% of residents are college students; the poverty input leaves off-campus students out (above).
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Galesville: questions
What is the median household income in Galesville?
$205,205 (±$65,125) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Galesville?
2.7% of residents live below the poverty line; leaving out college students, 0.0%. Maryland: 9.4%.
How long is the commute from Galesville?
36 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 49% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Galesville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parole (11%, 10 mi), Washington (6%, 25 mi), Baltimore (6%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Galesville walkable?
Galesville is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Galesville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Galesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Galesville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.