Thomas Maynard House · Photo: Ellie N MD · CC BY-SA 4.0Linganore’s household incomes are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 1.3% of residents, next to 9.4% for Maryland as a whole. Jobs and income earn Linganore A+; getting around on foot earns it C. 27% of workers have no commute at all; Maryland has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Linganore in brief
Linganore has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Linganore went from 403 in 2013 to 722 in 2023, +79%. The jobs ↓
Linganore is a place people come home to
There are 722 jobs based in Linganore, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Linganore has about 8,800 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Linganore workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 31 across Maryland. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (30 to 37 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Linganore and Frederick trade workers both ways
Frederick is the top workplace for Linganore residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Linganore come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Linganore
75% of Linganore residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 56% of the jobs based in Linganore pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. 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 Linganore earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Linganore is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #42 of 261 in Maryland. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Linganore could be anywhere from A to A+.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Linganore
722 jobs are based in Linganore.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Linganore, 2013 → 2023: 403 → 722. 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 Linganore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Linganore quiets down on a workday
On a workday 6,206 residents head out to work, 111 work right here, and 611 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,800 people are in Linganore on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
0.11 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.
About 41 minutes to work from Linganore
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Linganore workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,638 commuters (the 27% 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.
17% of working residents work in Frederick
Where Linganore clocks in
17% 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.
How many miles Linganore commutes
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 of Linganore commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Linganore is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns, #246 of 261 in Maryland. Both inputs place Linganore 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 7,734 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). 2.9% of Linganore households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Linganore’s commuters take a bus or train.
Linganore places 169th of 2,227 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000
| # | 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+ |
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| 23 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Colesville MD | 14,519 | $131K | 3.4% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 167 | Harrison WI | 14,492 | $122K | 2.2% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 168 | Medfield MA | 13,248 | $236K | 2.1% | 4.1% | 10% | A+ |
| 169 | Linganore MD | 14,444 | $176K | 1.3% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 170 | Stansbury Park UT | 11,242 | $127K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 171 | Lake Tapps WA | 12,798 | $148K | 4.6% | 1.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | 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 Linganore, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Linganore and its neighbors: 17% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Linganore workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linganore | – | A+ | C | 41 min | $175,833 |
| Spring Ridge | under 2% | A+ | B− | 31 min | $145,625 |
| New Market | under 2% | A+ | A− | 32 min | $202,872 |
| Frederick | 17% | B+ | A | 30 min | $97,069 |
| Bartonsville | under 2% | A | C− | 37 min | $156,979 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Frederick. Darker towns draw more of Linganore’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 Linganore: questions
What is the median household income in Linganore?
$175,833 (±$13,386) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Linganore?
1.3%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Linganore?
41 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Linganore work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frederick (17%, 6 mi), Ballenger Creek (7%, 7 mi), Rockville (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Linganore walkable?
Linganore is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Linganore without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Linganore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Linganore
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.