Photo: PeteU at English Wikipedia · Public domainThere are 4.4 jobs in Prince Frederick for every working resident, and 5,748 people commute in
There are 5,970 jobs in Prince Frederick, against 1,348 working residents. Prince Frederick grades B− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.4 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 26.3 in Baltimore.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Prince Frederick, in a few figures
Prince Frederick fills up on a workday
Prince Frederick has 5,970 jobs, 4.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 7,600 people are in town, more than double the 3,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Prince Frederick draws workers from far and wide
The 5,970 jobs in Prince Frederick are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 18%; the other 78% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Prince Frederick workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 31 across Maryland. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Prince Frederick has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Prince Frederick went from 3,826 in 2013 to 5,970 in 2023, +56%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Prince Frederick pay little
31% of the jobs based in Prince Frederick pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Prince Frederick
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Prince Frederick is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #211 of 261 in Maryland. Unemployment holds Prince Frederick’s grade up (2.2%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Prince Frederick could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Who commutes out of Prince Frederick, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,126 residents head out to work and 222 work right here.
About 7,600 people are in Prince Frederick on a workday afternoon, 156% more than live here.
4.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Who travels to work in Prince Frederick, and from where
Where Prince Frederick clocks in
6% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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 daily trip from Prince Frederick: about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Prince Frederick workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,257 commuters (the 13% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Prince Frederick, 2013 → 2023: 3,826 → 5,970. 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 Prince Frederick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Prince Frederick
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.
Prince Frederick is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Prince Frederick is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns, #127 of 261 in Maryland. Both inputs place Prince Frederick 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 1,450 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 72% 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). 16.4% of Prince Frederick households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Prince Frederick’s commuters take a bus or train.
Prince Frederick next to U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000: 1,985th of 4,618 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 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Naval Academy MD | 3,006 | $122K | 1.5% | 4.4% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,983 | Sheridan Township MI | 2,581 | $76K | 8.1% | 2.7% | 4% | B− |
| 1,984 | Holualoa HI | 3,434 | $116K | 6.2% | 5.0% | 1% | B− |
| 1,985 | Prince Frederick MD | 2,955 | $80K | 11.0% | 2.2% | 16% | B− |
| 1,986 | Clam Lake Township MI | 2,336 | $86K | 11.9% | 2.0% | 3% | B− |
| 1,987 | Maple Grove Township MI | 2,646 | $78K | 13.4% | 1.8% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Prince Frederick, 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 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 Prince Frederick: questions
What is the median household income in Prince Frederick?
$80,391 (±$32,198) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Prince Frederick?
11.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Prince Frederick?
40 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Prince Frederick work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (6%, 34 mi), Waldorf (3%, 18 mi), Baltimore (2%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Prince Frederick walkable?
Prince Frederick is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Prince Frederick without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Prince Frederick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Prince Frederick
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.