Dorsey-Palmer House · Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Paramount-Long Meadow are higher than in 89% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Paramount-Long Meadow A; getting around on foot earns it B−. The poverty rate is 2.9%, against 9.4% across Maryland. Hardly any stay in Paramount-Long Meadow for work; outside it, Hagerstown is the main destination (19%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Paramount-Long Meadow: the gist
Paramount-Long Meadow’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Paramount-Long Meadow is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #58 of 261 in Maryland. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Paramount-Long Meadow could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Where people from Paramount-Long Meadow work
Where Paramount-Long Meadow clocks in
19% 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.
How a workday changes Paramount-Long Meadow
On a workday 1,106 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 649 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Paramount-Long Meadow on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.59 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.
In Paramount-Long Meadow, services account for most jobs
660 jobs are based in Paramount-Long Meadow.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paramount-Long Meadow, 2013 → 2023: 779 → 660. 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 Paramount-Long Meadow’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Paramount-Long Meadow, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Paramount-Long Meadow workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,125 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 Paramount-Long Meadow commutes
About 27% 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.
Few in Paramount-Long Meadow walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Paramount-Long Meadow is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns, #212 of 261 in Maryland. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% 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 1,335 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.7% of Paramount-Long Meadow households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Paramount-Long Meadow’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500, Paramount-Long Meadow comes 299th 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 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 297 | Dekorra WI | 2,485 | $122K | 5.5% | 0.5% | 2% | A |
| 298 | Highlands CA | 2,450 | $250K | 3.9% | 4.7% | 2% | A |
| 299 | Paramount-Long Meadow MD | 2,569 | $122K | 2.9% | 2.6% | 1% | A |
| 300 | El Lago TX | 2,984 | $96K | 2.4% | 3.5% | 1% | A |
| 301 | Nockamixon Township PA | 3,370 | $105K | 6.1% | 0.6% | 10% | 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 Paramount-Long Meadow, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Bordering towns draw 24% of Paramount-Long Meadow’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Paramount-Long Meadow workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paramount-Long Meadow | – | A | B− | 29 min | $122,262 |
| Hagerstown | 19% | C− | A− | 26 min | $52,221 |
| Fountainhead-Orchard Hills | 5% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $103,340 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hagerstown. Darker towns draw more of Paramount-Long Meadow’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 Paramount-Long Meadow: questions
What is the median household income in Paramount-Long Meadow?
$122,262 (±$18,760) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paramount-Long Meadow?
2.9%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Paramount-Long Meadow?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Paramount-Long Meadow work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hagerstown (19%, 3 mi), Robinwood (5%, 4 mi), Frederick (5%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Paramount-Long Meadow walkable?
Paramount-Long Meadow is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Paramount-Long Meadow without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Paramount-Long Meadow, from the people who make the trip.
More of Paramount-Long Meadow
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.