Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Randallstown has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 6.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 26.3 in Baltimore. There are 3,868 jobs in Randallstown, against 14,739 working residents. Randallstown grades B for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Randallstown: the figures worth knowing
Randallstown and Baltimore trade workers both ways
Baltimore is the top workplace for Randallstown residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Randallstown come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Randallstown
65% of Randallstown residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 43% of the jobs based in Randallstown pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Randallstown is a place people come home to
There are 3,868 jobs based in Randallstown, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Randallstown has about 25,000 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. 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.
Why Randallstown gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Randallstown is better than 60% of U.S. towns, #193 of 261 in Maryland. Job access by car holds Randallstown’s grade up (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Randallstown could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
27% of working residents work in Baltimore
Where Randallstown clocks in
27% of workers
5% 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 Randallstown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Randallstown, 2013 → 2023: 3,849 → 3,868. 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 Randallstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Randallstown on a workday afternoon
On a workday 14,478 residents head out to work, 261 work right here, and 3,607 people come in from elsewhere.
About 25,000 people are in Randallstown on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Randallstown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Randallstown workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14,697 commuters (the 14% 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.
Where in the region Randallstown works
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.
In Randallstown, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Randallstown is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #109 of 261 in Maryland. Both inputs place Randallstown 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 17,159 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 59% 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 6.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 88% 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). 7.6% of Randallstown households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Randallstown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Randallstown is 739th of 1,239 U.S. towns of 25,000 to 49,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Severna Park MD | 40,228 | $170K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | North Laurel MD | 25,563 | $123K | 4.7% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Pasadena MD | 34,309 | $130K | 5.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 737 | Washington Township IN | 40,340 | $67K | 10.5% | 3.6% | 24% | B |
| 738 | Belleville Township NJ | 38,997 | $90K | 9.6% | 9.9% | 5% | B |
| 739 | Randallstown MD | 35,957 | $86K | 9.2% | 6.7% | 2% | B |
| 740 | Azusa CA | 47,447 | $91K | 13.2% | 6.1% | 7% | B |
| 741 | Casselberry FL | 31,872 | $62K | 12.2% | 3.1% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,239 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Randallstown, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Next door to Randallstown
The biggest share goes to Owings Mills (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Randallstown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randallstown | – | B | A | 32 min | $85,735 |
| Owings Mills | 4% | A− | A | 29 min | $96,243 |
| Milford Mill | 3% | B− | A | 31 min | $69,711 |
| Pikesville | 2% | A− | A | 25 min | $98,465 |
| Garrison | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 28 min | $102,423 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Randallstown’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 Randallstown: questions
What is the median household income in Randallstown?
$85,735 (±$10,054) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Randallstown?
9.2%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Randallstown?
32 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Randallstown work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baltimore (27%, 11 mi), Towson (5%, 10 mi), Woodlawn (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Randallstown walkable?
Randallstown is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.5 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Randallstown without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Randallstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Randallstown
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.