Rawlings has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
1 jobs are based in Rawlings, and 247 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Rawlings; the top destination outside it is Cumberland (25%, 10 miles). The average commute takes 23 minutes each way, where Maryland has 31 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Rawlings apart
Rawlings is a place people come home to
There are 1 jobs based in Rawlings, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rawlings has about 230 people in it, 52% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Rawlings are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 31 across Maryland. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Maryland 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 247 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Rawlings quiets down on a workday
On a workday 247 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Rawlings on a workday afternoon, 52% 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 23 minutes in Rawlings
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rawlings workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 190 commuters (the 23% 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 people from Rawlings work
Where Rawlings clocks in
25% of workers
8% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Rawlings
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rawlings, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 1. 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 Rawlings’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Rawlings
About 26% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns around Rawlings
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rawlings workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rawlings | – | — | — | 23 min | $68,229 |
| Bier | under 1% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bier: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rawlings’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 Rawlings: questions
What is the median household income in Rawlings?
$68,229 (±$51,548) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rawlings?
3.6%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rawlings?
23 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rawlings work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cumberland (25%, 10 mi), Cresaptown (8%, 5 mi), La Vale (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rawlings without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rawlings, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rawlings
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.