Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Lansdowne (2.4%) is lower than in 79% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 5.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 26.3 in Baltimore. For jobs and income Lansdowne is better than 54% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (A−). Household incomes here are lower than in 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Lansdowne in brief
Lansdowne and Baltimore trade workers both ways
Baltimore is the top workplace for Lansdowne residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Lansdowne come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
43% of the jobs in Lansdowne are in trade, transport and utilities, against 25% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Lansdowne has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Lansdowne went from 3,232 in 2013 to 4,477 in 2023, +39%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Lansdowne earns its Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Lansdowne’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (21.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lansdowne could be anywhere from C to A−.
20% of working residents work in Baltimore
Where Lansdowne clocks in
20% 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.
66% of the jobs in Lansdowne pay over $3,333 a month
4,477 jobs are based in Lansdowne.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lansdowne, 2013 → 2023: 3,232 → 4,477. 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 Lansdowne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Lansdowne
On a workday 3,346 residents head out to work, 96 work right here, and 4,381 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,900 people are in Lansdowne on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Lansdowne: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lansdowne workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,087 commuters (the 14% 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 Lansdowne goes to work
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.
Lansdowne is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.0% across Maryland.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,589 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 46% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 86% 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). 20.3% of Lansdowne households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Lansdowne’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Lansdowne is 1,617th among 3,026 U.S. towns of 5,500 to 10,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Fulton MD | 5,677 | $222K | 0.7% | 1.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Chevy Chase MD | 9,445 | $212K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,615 | Brownville NY | 5,698 | $88K | 10.3% | 2.7% | 8% | B− |
| 1,616 | Rotonda FL | 10,352 | $75K | 5.7% | 2.9% | 6% | B− |
| 1,617 | Lansdowne MD | 7,876 | $59K | 21.7% | 2.4% | 3% | B− |
| 1,618 | Keyport NJ | 7,235 | $82K | 9.1% | 12.8% | 5% | B− |
| 1,619 | Somerdale NJ | 5,823 | $86K | 13.8% | 6.7% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,026 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Lansdowne, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
The towns next door employ 26% of Lansdowne
The biggest share goes to Baltimore (20%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lansdowne workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lansdowne | – | B− | A− | 29 min | $58,605 |
| Arbutus | 3% | B+ | A | 25 min | $99,090 |
| Baltimore Highlands | under 2% | C+ | A+ | 31 min | $62,304 |
| Baltimore | 20% | C+ | A+ | 29 min | $62,177 |
| Linthicum | 3% | A+ | B | 23 min | $134,673 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lansdowne’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 Lansdowne: questions
What is the median household income in Lansdowne?
$58,605 (±$31,741) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lansdowne?
21.7%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lansdowne?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lansdowne work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baltimore (20%, 5 mi), Columbia (4%, 11 mi), Linthicum (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lansdowne walkable?
Lansdowne is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lansdowne without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. 46% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lansdowne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lansdowne
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.