Household incomes in Green Valley are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 2.8% of residents, against 9.4% across Maryland. For jobs and income Green Valley is better than 95% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (C+). Only 2% work in Green Valley; the top destination outside it is Frederick (10%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Green Valley, in brief
Why Green Valley gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Household income is its strongest input ($171,707, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Green Valley could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Green Valley on a workday afternoon
On a workday 5,640 residents head out to work, 132 work right here, and 1,019 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,000 people are in Green Valley on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.20 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.
Where Green Valley goes to work
Where Green Valley clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
Green Valley works in goods: 28% of its jobs
1,151 jobs are based in Green Valley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Valley, 2013 → 2023: 1,088 → 1,151. 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 Green Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Green Valley, about 35 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Green Valley workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,406 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 far it is to work from Green Valley
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 Green Valley start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,975 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). 1.7% of Green Valley households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Green Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Green Valley ranks: 177th of 2,059 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 18,000
| # | 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% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 10 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Colesville MD | 14,519 | $131K | 3.4% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 175 | Charlton MA | 13,685 | $118K | 2.5% | 2.0% | 8% | A+ |
| 176 | Middletown Township PA | 17,342 | $129K | 4.8% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| 177 | Green Valley MD | 13,602 | $172K | 2.8% | 3.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 178 | Cascades VA | 12,357 | $167K | 2.9% | 3.8% | 3% | A |
| 179 | La Grange Park IL | 13,453 | $120K | 4.9% | 3.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,059 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Green Valley, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Green Valley and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Green Valley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Valley | – | A+ | C+ | 35 min | $171,707 |
| Monrovia | under 3% | A+ | D | 37 min | $207,153 |
| Urbana | 2% | A | B | 33 min | $182,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Urbana. Darker towns draw more of Green Valley’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 Green Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Green Valley?
$171,707 (±$16,148) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Valley?
2.8%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Valley?
35 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Valley work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frederick (10%, 11 mi), Rockville (9%, 18 mi), Gaithersburg (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Green Valley walkable?
Green Valley is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Green Valley without a car?
0% 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 Green Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Green Valley
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.