Photo: Robert.Baruch · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Rising Sun top those of 63% of U.S. towns
Rising Sun grades B− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Poverty touches 13.0% of residents (Maryland 9.4%). For 4% of workers, the job is at home; Maryland has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Rising Sun apart
The better-paid jobs are outside Rising Sun
63% of Rising Sun residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 34% of the jobs based in Rising Sun pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Few Rising Sun workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Rising Sun pay little
30% of the jobs based in Rising Sun pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 35% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
40% of the jobs in Rising Sun are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. 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.
The four measures behind Rising Sun’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rising Sun is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #218 of 261 in Maryland. Job access by car holds Rising Sun’s grade up (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rising Sun could be anywhere from C− to A.
What the 764 jobs in Rising Sun are
764 jobs are based in Rising Sun.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rising Sun, 2013 → 2023: 760 → 764. 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 Rising Sun’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Rising Sun, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rising Sun workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,170 commuters (the 4% 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.
Rising Sun quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,099 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 713 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Rising Sun on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
8% of working residents work in Elkton
Where Rising Sun clocks in
8% 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.
How many miles Rising Sun commutes
About 15% 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.
Driving is how Rising Sun gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rising Sun is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #188 of 261 in Maryland. Both inputs place Rising Sun 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 1,215 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 8.4% of Rising Sun households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Rising Sun’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rising Sun places 2,142nd of 4,969 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Brown Station MD | 3,451 | $169K | 3.3% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,140 | Drumore Township PA | 2,635 | $83K | 8.7% | 4.0% | 4% | B− |
| 2,141 | Cheswold DE | 2,653 | $87K | 7.2% | 7.2% | <1% | B− |
| 2,142 | Rising Sun MD | 2,761 | $86K | 13.0% | 4.4% | 4% | B− |
| 2,143 | Clinton MI | 2,481 | $83K | 5.2% | 6.5% | 6% | B− |
| 2,144 | Imperial NE | 1,962 | $74K | 7.1% | 1.7% | 42% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | 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 Rising Sun, 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 Rising Sun: questions
What is the median household income in Rising Sun?
$85,563 (±$35,583) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rising Sun?
13.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rising Sun?
32 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rising Sun work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elkton (8%, 14 mi), Baltimore (5%, 40 mi), Bel Air (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rising Sun walkable?
Rising Sun is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rising Sun without a car?
1% 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 Rising Sun, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rising Sun
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.