Photo: National Scenic Byways Online · Public domainQueenstown draws 634 commuters a day, with 2.0 jobs for every working resident
638 jobs are based in Queenstown, against 316 working residents. Only 1% work in Queenstown; the top destination outside it is Stevensville (7%, 8 miles). Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, where Maryland as a whole has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Queenstown: the figures worth knowing
Queenstown is where the jobs are
Queenstown has 638 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,000 people are in town, 45% more than the 710 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
63% of the jobs in Queenstown are in trade, transport and utilities, against 18% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Queenstown
68% of Queenstown residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 38% of the jobs based in Queenstown pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. 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; with 316 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Queenstown, and who commutes in
On a workday 312 residents head out to work and 4 work right here.
About 1,000 people are in Queenstown on a workday afternoon, 45% more 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.
Jobs in Queenstown: what the 638 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Queenstown, 2013 → 2023: 914 → 638. 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 Queenstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Queenstown: where workers come from
Where Queenstown clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Queenstown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Queenstown workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 445 commuters (the 7% 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.
Half of Queenstown commutes less than 22 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.
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 Queenstown: questions
What is the median household income in Queenstown?
$122,031 (±$24,941) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Queenstown?
14.2%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Queenstown?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Queenstown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stevensville (7%, 8 mi), Baltimore (7%, 32 mi), Parole (6%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Queenstown without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Queenstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Queenstown
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.