Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Lochearn has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 9.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 26.3 in Baltimore. Employers in Lochearn report 2,002 jobs, against 11,291 working residents. The two grades for Lochearn are B for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lochearn and work: the main findings
A lot of Lochearn works one town over
39% of working residents work in a town that borders Lochearn: Baltimore (30%), Woodlawn (4%) and Milford Mill (3%). Next door ↓
Lochearn is a place people come home to
There are 2,002 jobs based in Lochearn, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lochearn has about 18,000 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. 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.
The figures behind Lochearn’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lochearn is better than 57% of U.S. towns, #205 of 261 in Maryland. Job access by car holds Lochearn’s grade up (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.9%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lochearn could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Lochearn quiets down on a workday
On a workday 11,163 residents head out to work, 128 work right here, and 1,874 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18,000 people are in Lochearn on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
30% of working residents work in Baltimore
Where Lochearn clocks in
30% of workers
5% 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.
What Lochearn’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lochearn, 2013 → 2023: 2,168 → 2,002. 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 Lochearn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Lochearn, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lochearn workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,231 commuters (the 10% 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 many miles Lochearn 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Lochearn
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lochearn is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns, #86 of 261 in Maryland. Both inputs place Lochearn 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 12,517 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 83% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 6% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 9.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 92% 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). 8.9% of Lochearn households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Lochearn’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lochearn is 915th of 1,509 U.S. towns of 19,000 to 37,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | North Laurel MD | 25,563 | $123K | 4.7% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Arnold MD | 24,303 | $142K | 3.1% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| 51 | Pasadena MD | 34,309 | $130K | 5.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 913 | Glenvar Heights FL | 19,395 | $72K | 12.1% | 4.9% | 5% | B |
| 914 | Altoona IA | 22,796 | $86K | 8.3% | 7.5% | 10% | B |
| 915 | Lochearn MD | 27,074 | $75K | 9.8% | 5.9% | 1% | B |
| 916 | Southold NY | 24,260 | $117K | 5.6% | 6.5% | 35% | B |
| 917 | Concord Township OH | 32,597 | $74K | 11.2% | 4.0% | 27% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,509 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Lochearn, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Lochearn and its neighbors: 39% work next door
The biggest share goes to Baltimore (30%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lochearn workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lochearn | – | B | A | 30 min | $74,707 |
| Woodlawn | 4% | B | A | 26 min | $82,466 |
| Baltimore | 30% | C+ | A+ | 29 min | $62,177 |
| Pikesville | 2% | A− | A | 25 min | $98,465 |
| Milford Mill | 3% | B− | A | 31 min | $69,711 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lochearn’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 Lochearn: questions
What is the median household income in Lochearn?
$74,707 (±$8,133) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lochearn?
9.8%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lochearn?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lochearn work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baltimore (30%, 7 mi), Towson (5%, 7 mi), Woodlawn (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lochearn walkable?
Lochearn is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.8 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lochearn without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 6% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lochearn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lochearn
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.