Spacecraft Magnetic Test Facility · Photo: SlowTimeEnvelope · CC BY-SA 4.0Glenn Dale has higher household incomes than 92% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 2.0% of residents, next to 9.4% across Maryland. Glenn Dale grades A for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 1% work in Glenn Dale; the top destination outside it is Washington (23%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Glenn Dale apart
Most jobs in Glenn Dale pay over $40,000 a year
76% of the jobs based in Glenn Dale pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Glenn Dale empties out on a workday
About 9,500 people are in Glenn Dale on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than the 14,000 who live here: 6,900 head out to work and 2,700 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Glenn Dale’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Glenn Dale is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #77 of 261 in Maryland. The poverty rate holds Glenn Dale’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (6.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Glenn Dale could be anywhere from A− to A+.
In Glenn Dale, services account for most jobs
2,762 jobs are based in Glenn Dale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glenn Dale, 2014 → 2024: 2,370 → 2,762. 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 Glenn Dale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Glenn Dale, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 6,924 residents head out to work, 90 work right here, and 2,672 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,500 people are in Glenn Dale on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.39 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Glenn Dale goes to work
Where Glenn Dale clocks in
23% of workers
4% 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.
About 34 minutes to work from Glenn Dale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glenn Dale workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,693 commuters (the 22% 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.
How many miles Glenn Dale commutes
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.
In Glenn Dale, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Glenn Dale is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #215 of 261 in Maryland. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.0% across Maryland, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,315 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 3.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 78% 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). 2.3% of Glenn Dale households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Glenn Dale’s commuters take a bus or train.
Glenn Dale places 420th of 2,227 on jobs and income among 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% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 1% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 418 | Caln Township PA | 15,287 | $100K | 4.8% | 3.1% | 5% | A |
| 419 | Mitchellville MD | 11,359 | $149K | 4.1% | 5.5% | 2% | A |
| 420 | Glenn Dale MD | 13,772 | $134K | 2.0% | 6.1% | 1% | A |
| 421 | La Palma CA | 14,907 | $118K | 5.0% | 3.9% | 2% | A |
| 422 | Wanaque NJ | 11,418 | $113K | 5.9% | 4.0% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Glenn Dale, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Work in the towns next to Glenn Dale
The biggest share goes to Bowie (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glenn Dale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Dale | – | A | B− | 34 min | $134,333 |
| Bowie | 2% | A | A | 35 min | $141,995 |
| Lanham | under 2% | A− | A | 33 min | $103,556 |
| Fairwood | under 2% | A+ | A | 39 min | $181,458 |
| Seabrook | under 2% | B | A | 34 min | $98,157 |
| Mitchellville | under 2% | A | A | 33 min | $149,347 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Glenn Dale’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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Glenn Dale: questions
What is the median household income in Glenn Dale?
$134,333 (±$18,140) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glenn Dale?
2.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glenn Dale?
34 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glenn Dale work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (23%, 13 mi), Baltimore (4%, 24 mi), Columbia (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Glenn Dale walkable?
Glenn Dale is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Glenn Dale without a car?
3% 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 Glenn Dale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glenn Dale
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.