Long Beach has higher household incomes than 91% of U.S. towns
27% of workers work from home; Maryland has 19%. The poverty rate is 1.3%, against 9.4% across Maryland. For jobs and income Long Beach is better than 80% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Long Beach apart on work
Long Beach is a place people come home to
There are 64 jobs based in Long Beach, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Long Beach has about 1,200 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Long Beach works from home
27% of Long Beach 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; with 691 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Long Beach’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds Long Beach’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Long Beach’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Long Beach could be anywhere from B+ to A−.
Long Beach on a workday afternoon
On a workday 689 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Long Beach on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.09 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.
Each way, about 33 minutes from Long Beach
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Long Beach workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 713 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.
12% of working residents work in Prince Frederick
Where Long Beach clocks in
12% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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 Long Beach: what the 64 are
64 jobs are based in Long Beach.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Long Beach, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 64. 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 Long Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Long Beach
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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 Long Beach commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 976 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 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% 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). 4.3% of Long Beach households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Long Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500, Long Beach comes 718th 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Cabin John MD | 2,179 | $250K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Colmar Manor MD | 1,590 | $123K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 716 | Perry Township OH | 1,459 | $98K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 717 | Decatur WI | 1,756 | $101K | 5.0% | 2.6% | 1% | A− |
| 718 | Long Beach MD | 1,849 | $127K | 1.3% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| 719 | North Utica IL | 1,334 | $104K | 4.7% | 5.4% | 3% | A− |
| 720 | Hughestown PA | 1,371 | $84K | 5.6% | 5.7% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Long Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Long Beach and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Long Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach | – | A− | C− | 33 min | $126,683 |
| Calvert Beach | under 2% | B+ | C− | 36 min | $90,000 |
| St. Leonard | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. St. Leonard: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Long Beach’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 Long Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Long Beach?
$126,683 (±$29,414) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Long Beach?
1.3%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Long Beach?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Long Beach work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Prince Frederick (12%, 8 mi), California (5%, 11 mi), Washington (5%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Long Beach walkable?
Long Beach is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Long Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Long Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Long Beach
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.