U.S. Naval Academy · Photo: National Museum of the U.S. Navy · Public domainNaval Academy draws 343 commuters a day, with 2.3 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are higher than in 89% of U.S. towns. 343 jobs are based in Naval Academy for 147 working residents. The two grades for Naval Academy are A+ 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
Inside Naval Academy’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Naval Academy is among the top U.S. towns, #7 of 261 in Maryland. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Naval Academy’s grade. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (4.4%) is left out: Naval Academy’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Naval Academy stays A+.
Who works in Naval Academy, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 147 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
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 people who work in Naval Academy live
Where Naval Academy clocks in
10% of workers
8% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Naval Academy, 2013 → 2023: 668 → 343. 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 Naval Academy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 7 minutes from Naval Academy
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Naval Academy workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,681 commuters (the 2% 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 commute from Naval Academy, by distance
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.
Naval Academy is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Naval Academy is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #2 of 261 in Maryland. Both inputs place Naval Academy 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 2,739 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, <1% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 11.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 94% 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). 3.5% of Naval Academy households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Naval Academy’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Naval Academy ranks: 32nd of 4,771 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Brown Station MD | 3,451 | $169K | 3.3% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Harding Township NJ | 3,949 | $222K | 3.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| 31 | Stepping Stone CO | 3,137 | $224K | 0.0% | 2.5% | <1% | A+ |
| 32 | Naval Academy MD | 3,006 | $122K | 1.5% | 4.4% | 0% | A+ |
| 33 | Haworth NJ | 3,422 | $237K | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3% | A+ |
| 34 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Herald Harbor MD | 2,430 | $148K | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Naval Academy, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
The towns around Naval Academy
The biggest share goes to Annapolis (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Naval Academy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naval Academy | – | A+ | A+ | 7 min | $122,432 |
| Annapolis | 6% | A− | A+ | 30 min | $113,860 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Naval Academy’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 Naval Academy: questions
What is the median household income in Naval Academy?
$122,432 (±$18,602) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Naval Academy?
1.5%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Naval Academy?
7 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Naval Academy work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baltimore (10%, 23 mi), Washington (8%, 29 mi), Parole (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Naval Academy walkable?
Naval Academy is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.5 out of 20, and 60% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Naval Academy without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. <1% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Naval Academy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Naval Academy
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.