Photo: Mbinebri · CC BY-SA 4.0Havre de Grace has higher household incomes than 81% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 9.0% of residents, next to 9.4% across Maryland. The two grades for Havre de Grace are B+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 26.3 in Baltimore.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Havre de Grace and work: the main findings
Why Havre de Grace gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Havre de Grace is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #174 of 261 in Maryland. Household income is its strongest input ($105,817, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.2%, 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, Havre de Grace could be anywhere from B− to A.
Half of Havre de Grace commutes less than 23 miles
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.
Havre de Grace by day and by night
On a workday 6,012 residents head out to work, 646 work right here, and 3,670 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Havre de Grace on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.65 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.
12% of working residents work in Baltimore
Where Havre de Grace clocks in
12% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Havre de Grace: what the 4,316 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Havre de Grace, 2013 → 2023: 3,386 → 4,316. 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 Havre de Grace’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Havre de Grace: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Havre de Grace workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,076 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Havre de Grace
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Havre de Grace is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #116 of 261 in Maryland. Both inputs place Havre de Grace 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 7,703 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 41% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 33% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 69% 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). 6.8% of Havre de Grace households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Havre de Grace’s commuters take a bus or train.
975th of 2,109: where Havre de Grace ranks among U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Colesville MD | 14,519 | $131K | 3.4% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Honeygo MD | 12,250 | $146K | 1.8% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 973 | Lomita CA | 19,724 | $94K | 13.0% | 4.6% | 3% | B+ |
| 974 | Santa Fe Springs CA | 18,793 | $88K | 13.0% | 4.3% | 10% | B+ |
| 975 | Havre de Grace MD | 15,630 | $106K | 9.0% | 4.2% | 10% | B+ |
| 976 | Wilton Manors FL | 11,655 | $85K | 11.4% | 4.3% | 7% | B+ |
| 977 | Bensenville IL | 18,525 | $80K | 7.6% | 5.6% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | 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 Havre de Grace, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Havre de Grace and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Aberdeen (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Havre de Grace workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Havre de Grace | – | B+ | A | 28 min | $105,817 |
| Aberdeen | 4% | C+ | A− | 28 min | $74,826 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Havre de Grace’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 Havre de Grace: questions
What is the median household income in Havre de Grace?
$105,817 (±$12,124) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Havre de Grace?
9.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Havre de Grace?
28 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Havre de Grace work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baltimore (12%, 32 mi), Bel Air (6%, 12 mi), Aberdeen (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Havre de Grace walkable?
Havre de Grace is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.5 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Havre de Grace without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 33% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Havre de Grace, from the people who make the trip.
More of Havre de Grace
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.