Mayo’s household incomes are higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
4.6% of residents live below the poverty line; Maryland has 9.4%. The two grades for Mayo are A for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 28% of workers have no commute at all, where Maryland as a whole has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Mayo apart on work
Mayo is a place people come home to
There are 946 jobs based in Mayo, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mayo has about 5,800 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Mayo works from home
28% of Mayo workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland. Time on the road ↓
Mayo has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Mayo went from 687 in 2013 to 946 in 2023, +38%. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Mayo
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mayo is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #95 of 261 in Maryland. Household income is its strongest input ($155,300, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mayo could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Who leaves Mayo for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,608 residents head out to work, 191 work right here, and 755 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,800 people are in Mayo on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.25 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.
A commute of about 35 minutes in Mayo
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mayo workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,203 commuters (the 28% 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.
The kinds of work in Mayo
946 jobs are based in Mayo.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mayo, 2013 → 2023: 687 → 946. 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 Mayo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
10% of working residents work in Parole
Where Mayo clocks in
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.
Where in the region Mayo works
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 Mayo, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mayo is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #220 of 261 in Maryland. Both inputs place Mayo 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 4,460 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). 4.2% of Mayo households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Mayo’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mayo next to U.S. towns of 6,100 to 11,700: 585th of 2,893 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Chevy Chase MD | 9,445 | $212K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Fairwood MD | 7,526 | $181K | 6.5% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 583 | Swarthmore PA | 6,561 | $152K | 1.8% | 7.7% | 10% | A |
| 584 | Woodmoor CO | 8,934 | $172K | 2.3% | 4.5% | 12% | A |
| 585 | Mayo MD | 8,694 | $155K | 4.6% | 4.0% | 5% | A |
| 586 | Kinnelon NJ | 10,138 | $187K | 2.0% | 8.1% | 4% | A |
| 587 | Thornapple Township MI | 9,692 | $91K | 5.6% | 1.9% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,893 | 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 Mayo, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
The towns around Mayo
The biggest share goes to Edgewater (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mayo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo | – | A | B− | 35 min | $155,300 |
| Edgewater | 4% | A | A | 36 min | $114,365 |
| Annapolis Neck | under 2% | A+ | A− | 30 min | $173,879 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mayo’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 Mayo: questions
What is the median household income in Mayo?
$155,300 (±$12,376) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mayo?
4.6%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mayo?
35 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mayo work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parole (10%, 6 mi), Annapolis (8%, 5 mi), Washington (5%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mayo walkable?
Mayo is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mayo without a car?
2% 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 Mayo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mayo
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.