Photo: SlipperyDude · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Queen Anne works elsewhere
The two grades for Queen Anne are A+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 308 jobs are based in Queen Anne for 614 working residents. Measured by household income, Queen Anne is ahead of 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Queen Anne, in a few figures
A lot of Queen Anne workers cross into Washington, D.C.
27% of Queen Anne workers work outside Maryland, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Washington (22%) and Arlington (4%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Queen Anne workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 31 across Maryland. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 614 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Queen Anne: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Queen Anne is better than 97% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Queen Anne’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (19.2%) is left out: Queen Anne’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, Queen Anne could be anywhere from B to A+.
22% of working residents work in Washington
Where Queen Anne clocks in
22% of workers
4% 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.
About 36 minutes to work from Queen Anne
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Queen Anne workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 520 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Queen Anne
On a workday 611 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 305 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Queen Anne on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
What Queen Anne’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Queen Anne, 2013 → 2023: 340 → 308. 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 Queen Anne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Queen Anne commutes less than 17 miles
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 Queen Anne walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Queen Anne is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 620 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 9.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 93% 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). 8.9% of Queen Anne households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Queen Anne’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Queen Anne ranks 121st of 5,877 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Colmar Manor MD | 1,590 | $123K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | New Market MD | 1,609 | $203K | 0.8% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Delaware Township KS | 1,121 | $119K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 120 | Avilla AR | 1,833 | $106K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 121 | Queen Anne MD | 1,443 | $103K | 4.0% | 19.2% | <1% | A+ |
| 122 | Leland Grove IL | 1,401 | $131K | 2.9% | 2.5% | <1% | A+ |
| 123 | Money Creek Township IL | 1,045 | $191K | 0.0% | 3.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Queen Anne, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Around Queen Anne: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Bowie (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Queen Anne workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Anne | – | A+ | C− | 36 min | $102,727 |
| Bowie | 4% | A | A | 35 min | $141,995 |
| Brock Hall | 3% | A | B | 42 min | $206,451 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Queen Anne’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 Queen Anne: questions
What is the median household income in Queen Anne?
$102,727 (±$50,814) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Queen Anne?
4.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Queen Anne?
36 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Queen Anne work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (22%, 17 mi), Baltimore (4%, 28 mi), Bowie (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Queen Anne walkable?
Queen Anne is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Queen Anne without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Queen Anne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Queen Anne
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.