Photo: G. Edward Johnson · CC BY 3.0Kemp Mill has higher household incomes than 95% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Kemp Mill B+; getting around on foot earns it A. Poverty touches 10.5% of residents, where Maryland as a whole has 9.4%. Working from home is the commute for 29% of workers, next to 19% for Maryland as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Kemp Mill
Home offices are common in Kemp Mill
29% of Kemp Mill workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland. Time on the road ↓
Most Kemp Mill residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 4% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Kemp Mill empties out on a workday
About 9,200 people are in Kemp Mill on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than the 13,000 who live here: 5,500 head out to work and 1,600 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
Why Kemp Mill gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kemp Mill is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #167 of 261 in Maryland. Job access by car holds Kemp Mill’s grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kemp Mill could be anywhere from B to A.
About 31 minutes to work from Kemp Mill
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kemp Mill workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,626 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Kemp Mill
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.
Kemp Mill on a workday afternoon
On a workday 5,470 residents head out to work, 122 work right here, and 1,599 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,200 people are in Kemp Mill on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.31 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.
22% of working residents work in Washington
Where Kemp Mill clocks in
22% of workers
6% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Kemp Mill
1,721 jobs are based in Kemp Mill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kemp Mill, 2013 → 2023: 1,868 → 1,721. 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 Kemp Mill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Kemp Mill is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,476 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 89% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 51% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 14.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 96% 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). 4.5% of Kemp Mill households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Kemp Mill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Kemp Mill places 1,049th of 2,526 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Chevy Chase MD | 9,445 | $212K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,047 | Sarasota Springs FL | 12,611 | $96K | 12.7% | 3.2% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,048 | Fruitville FL | 15,172 | $82K | 8.6% | 3.6% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,049 | Kemp Mill MD | 13,042 | $146K | 10.5% | 7.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,050 | Capitola CA | 9,340 | $103K | 12.9% | 2.7% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,051 | Bellmawr NJ | 11,874 | $77K | 9.6% | 4.0% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | 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 Kemp Mill, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
The towns around Kemp Mill
The biggest share goes to Silver Spring (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kemp Mill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kemp Mill | – | B+ | A | 31 min | $146,354 |
| Wheaton | 2% | B | A+ | 32 min | $111,478 |
| White Oak | under 2% | B− | A+ | 34 min | $83,370 |
| Forest Glen | under 2% | A− | A+ | 32 min | $127,820 |
| Colesville | under 2% | A+ | A | 30 min | $130,682 |
| Four Corners | under 2% | A+ | A+ | 35 min | $203,125 |
| Burnt Mills | under 2% | B+ | A | 32 min | $113,463 |
| Silver Spring | 4% | B+ | A+ | 34 min | $99,860 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kemp Mill’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 Kemp Mill: questions
What is the median household income in Kemp Mill?
$146,354 (±$18,566) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kemp Mill?
10.5%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kemp Mill?
31 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kemp Mill work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (22%, 10 mi), Bethesda (6%, 6 mi), Rockville (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kemp Mill walkable?
Kemp Mill is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.2 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kemp Mill without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 51% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kemp Mill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kemp Mill
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.