Perry Hall · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainPerry Hall has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Perry Hall has 4,767 jobs, against 14,096 working residents. For jobs and income Perry Hall is better than 92% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (A−). Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 26.3 in Baltimore.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Perry Hall
Perry Hall and Baltimore trade workers both ways
Baltimore is the top workplace for Perry Hall residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Perry Hall come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Perry Hall
67% of Perry Hall residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 45% of the jobs based in Perry Hall pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Perry Hall empties out on a workday
About 20,000 people are in Perry Hall on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than the 29,000 who live here: 14,000 head out to work and 4,300 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
Where Perry Hall’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (6.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Perry Hall could be anywhere from A− to A+.
27% of working residents work in Baltimore
Where Perry Hall clocks in
27% of workers
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Perry Hall
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perry Hall, 2013 → 2023: 4,804 → 4,767. 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 Perry Hall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Perry Hall: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 13,587 residents head out to work, 509 work right here, and 4,258 people come in from elsewhere.
About 20,000 people are in Perry Hall on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Perry Hall: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Perry Hall workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13,182 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 far Perry Hall’s workers travel
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Perry Hall
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.7% 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 15,724 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 41% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 6% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 62% 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). 3.3% of Perry Hall households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Perry Hall’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 20,000 to 39,000, Perry Hall ranks 181st of 1,467 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | North Laurel MD | 25,563 | $123K | 4.7% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Arnold MD | 24,303 | $142K | 3.1% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| 48 | Pasadena MD | 34,309 | $130K | 5.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 179 | Vernon Hills IL | 26,825 | $122K | 6.1% | 3.2% | 7% | A |
| 180 | Pickerington OH | 26,333 | $112K | 3.6% | 3.5% | 6% | A |
| 181 | Perry Hall MD | 29,105 | $106K | 6.8% | 2.0% | 4% | A |
| 182 | Plum PA | 26,225 | $99K | 3.6% | 2.8% | 9% | A |
| 183 | Spring Township PA | 28,873 | $95K | 5.1% | 2.0% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,467 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Perry Hall, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Perry Hall and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to White Marsh (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Perry Hall workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Hall | – | A | A− | 29 min | $106,244 |
| White Marsh | 2% | A | B− | 31 min | $117,426 |
| Carney | 2% | B+ | B+ | 29 min | $83,620 |
| Honeygo | under 2% | A+ | B+ | 30 min | $146,384 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Perry Hall’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 Perry Hall: questions
What is the median household income in Perry Hall?
$106,244 (±$6,790) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perry Hall?
6.8%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Perry Hall?
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 Perry Hall work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baltimore (27%, 10 mi), Towson (8%, 8 mi), Cockeysville (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Perry Hall walkable?
Perry Hall is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Perry Hall without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 6% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Perry Hall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Perry Hall
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.