Pittsville has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
2% of workers work from home (Maryland 19%). Employers in Pittsville report 106 jobs, against 625 working residents. Pittsville grades C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pittsville: the figures worth knowing
Pittsville is a place people come home to
There are 106 jobs based in Pittsville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pittsville has about 1,100 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Pittsville workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 625 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Pittsville’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Pittsville is better than 42% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Pittsville’s grade up (ahead of 56% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (4.0%) is left out: Pittsville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Pittsville could be anywhere from C to B.
Pittsville quiets down on a workday
On a workday 616 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Pittsville on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Pittsville: 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 Pittsville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 866 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.
22% of working residents work in Salisbury
Where Pittsville clocks in
22% of workers
3% 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.
Goods jobs make up 28% of work in Pittsville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pittsville, 2014 → 2024: 161 → 106. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pittsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Pittsville works
About 23% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Pittsville, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pittsville is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% 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 888 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). 0.9% of Pittsville households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Pittsville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pittsville next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200: 2,442nd of 5,381 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Cabin John MD | 2,179 | $250K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Colmar Manor MD | 1,590 | $123K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,440 | Chester Township MI | 1,354 | $74K | 5.3% | 10.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,441 | Torrey NY | 1,286 | $96K | 11.2% | 6.0% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,442 | Pittsville MD | 1,659 | $74K | 14.3% | 4.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,443 | Richland Township IN | 1,803 | $73K | 10.6% | 4.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,444 | Rome Township MI | 1,780 | $84K | 11.4% | 9.9% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Pittsville, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Pittsville: questions
What is the median household income in Pittsville?
$73,682 (±$2,889) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pittsville?
14.3%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pittsville?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pittsville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salisbury (22%, 10 mi), Ocean City (9%, 18 mi), Baltimore (3%, 90 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Pittsville walkable?
Pittsville is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pittsville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pittsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pittsville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.