Legg's Dependence · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Romancoke are higher than in 91% of U.S. towns
Only 1% work in Romancoke; the top destination outside it is Stevensville (9%, 6 miles). 0.6% of residents live below the poverty line, where Maryland as a whole has 9.4%. Jobs and income earn Romancoke B; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Romancoke: the gist
Romancoke is a place people come home to
There are 79 jobs based in Romancoke, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Romancoke has about 1,200 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Romancoke workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 46 minutes each way, against 31 across Maryland. Over a year that’s about 353 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical 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 932 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Romancoke’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Romancoke is better than 63% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Romancoke’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (11.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Romancoke could be anywhere from B− to A.
In and out of Romancoke on a workday
On a workday 920 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Romancoke on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
0.08 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.
From Romancoke, about 46 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Romancoke workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 809 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.
The places Romancoke commutes to
Where Romancoke clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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 79 jobs based in Romancoke
79 jobs are based in Romancoke.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Romancoke, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 79. 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 Romancoke’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Romancoke
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 Romancoke, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Romancoke is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Romancoke 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 988 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). 1.6% of Romancoke households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Romancoke’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Romancoke is 1,612th among 5,793 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Cabin John MD | 2,179 | $250K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Colmar Manor MD | 1,590 | $123K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,610 | Anna OH | 1,566 | $81K | 8.0% | 10.5% | 6% | B |
| 1,611 | Liberty Township IN | 2,082 | $85K | 7.6% | 0.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,612 | Romancoke MD | 2,064 | $128K | 0.6% | 11.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,613 | Morrow OH | 2,223 | $82K | 6.6% | 5.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,614 | Waverly Township MI | 2,502 | $84K | 9.7% | 2.7% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Romancoke, 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 Romancoke: questions
What is the median household income in Romancoke?
$127,670 (±$51,565) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Romancoke?
0.6%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Romancoke?
46 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Romancoke work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stevensville (9%, 6 mi), Parole (7%, 12 mi), Baltimore (5%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Romancoke walkable?
Romancoke is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Romancoke without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Romancoke, from the people who make the trip.
More of Romancoke
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.