Photo: SlipperyDude · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Huntingtown top those of 98% of U.S. towns
For 29% of workers, the job is at home, next to 19% for Maryland as a whole. Poverty touches 5.3% of residents, next to 9.4% for Maryland as a whole. Jobs and income earn Huntingtown B; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Huntingtown apart
Huntingtown workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 45 minutes each way, against 31 across Maryland. Over a year that’s about 345 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Home offices are common in Huntingtown
29% of Huntingtown workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland. 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.
Huntingtown’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Huntingtown is better than 60% of U.S. towns, #192 of 261 in Maryland. Household income holds Huntingtown’s grade up ($185,313, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Huntingtown could be anywhere from C+ to A.
A commute of about 45 minutes in Huntingtown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Huntingtown workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 950 commuters (the 29% 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.
In and out of Huntingtown on a workday
On a workday 1,230 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 686 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Huntingtown on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.57 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.
11% of working residents work in Prince Frederick
Where Huntingtown clocks in
11% of workers
7% of workers
3% 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 Huntingtown: what the 729 are
729 jobs are based in Huntingtown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Huntingtown, 2013 → 2023: 565 → 729. 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 Huntingtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Huntingtown
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.
Few in Huntingtown walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Huntingtown is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #164 of 261 in Maryland. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.7% 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 1,344 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 Huntingtown households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 10% of Huntingtown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Huntingtown next to U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600: 1,680th of 4,797 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Brown Station MD | 3,451 | $169K | 3.3% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,678 | Newcastle WY | 3,349 | $83K | 7.3% | 0.4% | 48% | B |
| 1,679 | Lanai City HI | 3,393 | $92K | 6.7% | 2.2% | 32% | B |
| 1,680 | Huntingtown MD | 2,689 | $185K | 5.3% | 5.8% | 3% | B |
| 1,681 | Seneca KS | 2,139 | $77K | 8.0% | 0.9% | 43% | B |
| 1,682 | Poth TX | 2,014 | $72K | 5.8% | 2.2% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | 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 Huntingtown, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
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 Huntingtown: questions
What is the median household income in Huntingtown?
$185,313 (±$27,624) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Huntingtown?
5.3%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Huntingtown?
45 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Huntingtown work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Prince Frederick (11%, 5 mi), Washington (7%, 30 mi), Lake Arbor (3%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Huntingtown walkable?
Huntingtown is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Huntingtown without a car?
10% 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 Huntingtown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Huntingtown
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.