Childs Residence · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainHousehold incomes in Gambrills top those of 95% of U.S. towns
Gambrills grades A+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. 3.4% of residents live below the poverty line, against 9.4% across Maryland. Only 2% work in Gambrills itself; outside it, Baltimore draws the most (8%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Gambrills in brief
Gambrills is where the jobs are
Gambrills has 3,612 jobs, 2.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 5,000 people are in town, 77% more than the 2,800 who live here. Day and night ↓
Most jobs in Gambrills pay over $40,000 a year
78% of the jobs based in Gambrills pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Gambrills has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Gambrills went from 2,539 in 2013 to 3,612 in 2023, +42%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Gambrills are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 31 across Maryland. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Maryland worker. Time on the road ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Gambrills’ grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gambrills is among the top U.S. towns, #12 of 261 in Maryland. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Gambrills’ grade. 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, Gambrills could be anywhere from A to A+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Gambrills
On a workday 1,404 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 3,580 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,000 people are in Gambrills on a workday afternoon, 77% more than live here.
2.5 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.
78% of the jobs in Gambrills pay over $3,333 a month
3,612 jobs are based in Gambrills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gambrills, 2013 → 2023: 2,539 → 3,612. 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 Gambrills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Gambrills
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gambrills workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,240 commuters (the 21% 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.
Where Gambrills’s workers come from
Where Gambrills clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
Gambrills’ commute, mile by mile
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.
Most trips from Gambrills start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gambrills is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #242 of 261 in Maryland. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of 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 1,573 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). 2.0% of Gambrills households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Gambrills’ commuters take a bus or train.
50th of 4,703: where Gambrills ranks among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Cabin John MD | 2,179 | $250K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Brown Station MD | 3,451 | $169K | 3.3% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Naval Academy MD | 3,006 | $122K | 1.5% | 4.4% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Krugerville TX | 2,021 | $118K | 1.9% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 49 | Monrovia MD | 3,568 | $207K | 0.0% | 2.2% | <1% | A+ |
| 50 | Gambrills MD | 2,830 | $149K | 3.4% | 1.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 51 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 52 | Brookmont MD | 3,671 | $247K | 2.8% | 3.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Gambrills, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
How Gambrills compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Odenton (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gambrills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gambrills | – | A+ | C | 26 min | $148,594 |
| Severn | under 3% | A | A− | 28 min | $134,423 |
| Odenton | 3% | A+ | A− | 29 min | $128,441 |
| Severna Park | 2% | A+ | A− | 28 min | $169,953 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gambrills’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 Gambrills: questions
What is the median household income in Gambrills?
$148,594 (±$35,779) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gambrills?
3.4%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gambrills?
26 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gambrills work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baltimore (8%, 14 mi), Washington (5%, 24 mi), Columbia (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gambrills walkable?
Gambrills is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gambrills without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gambrills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gambrills
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.