Trovinger Mill · Photo: MarthaWaddell58 · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Robinwood are higher than in 69% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average; the Maryland average is 31, the U.S. 26. The poverty rate is 11.3%, against 9.4% across Maryland. Jobs and income earn Robinwood B+; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Robinwood apart
Nearly all the work in Robinwood is services
96% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 1% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Robinwood is where the jobs are
Robinwood has 4,885 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Robinwood and Hagerstown trade workers both ways
Hagerstown is the top workplace for Robinwood residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Robinwood come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Inside Robinwood’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Robinwood is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #181 of 261 in Maryland. Household income holds Robinwood’s grade up ($90,840, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Robinwood could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Most jobs in Robinwood are in services
4,885 jobs are based in Robinwood.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Robinwood, 2013 → 2023: 4,447 → 4,885. 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 Robinwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Robinwood by day and by night
On a workday 2,868 residents head out to work, 186 work right here, and 4,699 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,900 people are in Robinwood on a workday afternoon, 23% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Commuting in to Robinwood: where workers come from
Where Robinwood clocks in
17% 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.
Getting to work from Robinwood takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Robinwood workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,351 commuters (the 18% 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.
How many miles Robinwood commutes
About 25% 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.
In Robinwood, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Robinwood is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #190 of 261 in Maryland. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.0% across Maryland, on an EPA index of 5.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,077 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.2% of Robinwood households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Robinwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,049 U.S. towns of 5,600 to 10,900, Robinwood comes 1,266th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 11 | Fulton MD | 5,677 | $222K | 0.7% | 1.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Chevy Chase MD | 9,445 | $212K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,264 | Rigby ID | 5,757 | $85K | 9.7% | 2.2% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,265 | Union Township OH | 9,918 | $69K | 9.0% | 2.4% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,266 | Robinwood MD | 8,042 | $91K | 11.3% | 3.1% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,267 | Summit WA | 8,791 | $107K | 7.4% | 7.5% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,268 | Airmont NY | 10,634 | $95K | 12.5% | 5.1% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,049 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Robinwood, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
17% of Robinwood works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Robinwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robinwood | – | B+ | B | 27 min | $90,840 |
| Hagerstown | 17% | C− | A− | 26 min | $52,221 |
| Chewsville | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Chewsville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hagerstown. Darker towns draw more of Robinwood’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 Robinwood: questions
What is the median household income in Robinwood?
$90,840 (±$14,456) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Robinwood?
11.3%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Robinwood?
27 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Robinwood work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hagerstown (17%, 3 mi), Frederick (7%, 19 mi), Ballenger Creek (4%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Robinwood walkable?
Robinwood is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Robinwood without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Robinwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Robinwood
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.