More people are out of work in Overlea (5.6%) than in 69% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 8.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 26.3 in Baltimore. Overlea grades B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Only 2% work in Overlea itself; outside it, Baltimore draws the most (30%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Overlea: the figures worth knowing
A lot of Overlea works one town over
38% of working residents work in a town that borders Overlea: Baltimore (30%), Rossville (4%) and Carney (2%). Next door ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Overlea
65% of Overlea residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 46% of the jobs based in Overlea pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. 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.
The figures behind Overlea’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Overlea is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #180 of 261 in Maryland. Job access by car holds Overlea’s grade up (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. 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, Overlea could be anywhere from B− to A.
What Overlea’s employers do
3,519 jobs are based in Overlea.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Overlea, 2013 → 2023: 3,935 → 3,519. 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 Overlea’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Overlea, and who commutes in
On a workday 6,009 residents head out to work, 107 work right here, and 3,412 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Overlea on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
Where people from Overlea work
Where Overlea clocks in
30% of workers
7% 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.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Overlea
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Overlea workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,535 commuters (the 15% 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.
Where in the region Overlea 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.
Overlea is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Overlea is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns, #122 of 261 in Maryland. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.5% of 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 6,546 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 85% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 7% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.5 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). 11.3% of Overlea households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Overlea’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,156th of 2,526: where Overlea ranks among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 12 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Chevy Chase MD | 9,445 | $212K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,154 | Green Township OH | 12,277 | $73K | 11.2% | 2.2% | 17% | B+ |
| 1,155 | Iona FL | 13,631 | $67K | 8.2% | 2.0% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,156 | Overlea MD | 13,035 | $89K | 9.1% | 5.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,157 | Finneytown OH | 12,506 | $83K | 8.9% | 4.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,158 | Airmont NY | 10,634 | $95K | 12.5% | 5.1% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Overlea, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Next door is work for 38% of Overlea
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Overlea workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overlea | – | B+ | A− | 29 min | $88,841 |
| Carney | 2% | B+ | B+ | 29 min | $83,620 |
| Rosedale | under 2% | B | A | 29 min | $85,711 |
| Rossville | 4% | A− | A | 29 min | $90,000 |
| Parkville | under 2% | B+ | A− | 27 min | $79,178 |
| Baltimore | 30% | C+ | A+ | 29 min | $62,177 |
| White Marsh | 2% | A | B− | 31 min | $117,426 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Baltimore. Darker towns draw more of Overlea’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 Overlea: questions
What is the median household income in Overlea?
$88,841 (±$6,093) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Overlea?
9.1%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Overlea?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Overlea work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baltimore (30%, 7 mi), Towson (7%, 6 mi), Rossville (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Overlea walkable?
Overlea is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Overlea without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 7% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Overlea, from the people who make the trip.
More of Overlea
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.