Preston-on-the-Patuxent · Photo: E.H. Pickering · Public domainLusby’s household incomes are higher than in 95% of U.S. towns
Lusby grades A for jobs and income and D for walkability. The poverty rate is 2.1% (Maryland 9.4%). Only 2% work in Lusby itself; outside it, Prince Frederick draws the most (9%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Why Lusby gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lusby is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #63 of 261 in Maryland. Unemployment holds Lusby’s grade up (0.7%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lusby could be anywhere from A− to A.
The daily flow of workers through Lusby
On a workday 733 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 768 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 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.
Where the trip to work from Lusby ends
Where Lusby clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
What Lusby’s employers do
785 jobs are based in Lusby.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lusby, 2013 → 2023: 920 → 785. 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 Lusby’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Lusby’s commute takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lusby workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,272 commuters (the 16% 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 Lusby commutes
About 23% 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.
In Lusby, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lusby is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns, #259 of 261 in Maryland. 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 1,516 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). 3.4% of Lusby households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lusby’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lusby places 312th of 5,083 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Cabin John MD | 2,179 | $250K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Brown Station MD | 3,451 | $169K | 3.3% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 310 | Rockville MN | 2,492 | $105K | 4.3% | 0.7% | 5% | A |
| 311 | Bowling Green Township OH | 1,863 | $112K | 1.9% | 5.1% | <1% | A |
| 312 | Lusby MD | 2,595 | $152K | 2.1% | 0.7% | 2% | A |
| 313 | Excelsior MN | 2,316 | $103K | 10.0% | 0.0% | 6% | A |
| 314 | Ravensworth VA | 2,475 | $166K | 0.6% | 5.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Lusby, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Next door to Lusby
The biggest share goes to Solomons (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lusby workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lusby | – | A | D | 34 min | $151,711 |
| Chesapeake Ranch Estates | under 2% | A− | B− | 41 min | $102,669 |
| Drum Point | under 2% | B | C− | 44 min | $109,231 |
| Solomons | 5% | A− | A− | 27 min | $94,963 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lusby’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 Lusby: questions
What is the median household income in Lusby?
$151,711 (±$28,132) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lusby?
2.1%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lusby?
34 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lusby work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Prince Frederick (9%, 15 mi), California (8%, 5 mi), Washington (5%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lusby walkable?
Lusby is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lusby without a car?
0% 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 Lusby, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lusby
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.