Photo: Melissa Clark · CC BY 2.0Grasonville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
There are 616 jobs in Grasonville; 1,477 of its residents have a job. Grasonville grades A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Measured by household income, Grasonville is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Grasonville apart
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Grasonville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Grasonville is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #142 of 261 in Maryland. Unemployment holds Grasonville’s grade up (1.6%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Grasonville could be anywhere from B− to A.
How long Grasonville spends getting to work: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grasonville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,413 commuters (the 23% 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 flow of workers through Grasonville
On a workday 1,412 residents head out to work, 65 work right here, and 551 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Grasonville on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
7% of working residents work in Stevensville
Where Grasonville clocks in
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Grasonville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grasonville, 2013 → 2023: 600 → 616. 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 Grasonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Grasonville
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.
Driving is how Grasonville gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Grasonville is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns, #247 of 261 in Maryland. Both inputs place Grasonville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,837 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). 11.2% of Grasonville households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Grasonville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Grasonville places 1,029th of 4,355 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 22 | Brown Station MD | 3,451 | $169K | 3.3% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Naval Academy MD | 3,006 | $122K | 1.5% | 4.4% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Chevy Chase MD | 2,804 | $250K | 2.0% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,027 | Williamstown WV | 2,922 | $89K | 5.2% | 1.9% | 6% | A− |
| 1,028 | Elk Rapids Township MI | 2,647 | $83K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 18% | A− |
| 1,029 | Grasonville MD | 3,564 | $121K | 11.5% | 1.6% | 4% | A− |
| 1,030 | Lake Royale NC | 3,168 | $108K | 7.3% | 1.3% | 1% | A− |
| 1,031 | New Baden IL | 3,378 | $81K | 7.4% | 2.6% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Grasonville, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
How Grasonville compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Kent Narrows (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grasonville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grasonville | – | A− | C | 36 min | $120,676 |
| Kent Narrows | 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kent Narrows: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grasonville’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 Grasonville: questions
What is the median household income in Grasonville?
$120,676 (±$22,816) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grasonville?
11.5%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grasonville?
36 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grasonville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stevensville (7%, 7 mi), Parole (5%, 19 mi), Baltimore (4%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Grasonville walkable?
Grasonville is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grasonville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grasonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grasonville
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.