Photo: Roberto221 · CC BY-SA 4.0Rosaryville has higher household incomes than 96% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Rosaryville is better than 89% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (C+). Poverty touches 3.8% of residents, where Maryland as a whole has 9.4%. Hardly any stay in Rosaryville for work; outside it, Washington is the main destination (29%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rosaryville and work: the main findings
Many Rosaryville workers cross into Washington, D.C.
40% of Rosaryville workers work outside Maryland, most of them in Washington, D.C., the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Rosaryville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 31 across Maryland. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Rosaryville is a place people come home to
There are 630 jobs based in Rosaryville, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rosaryville has about 8,200 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
29% of Rosaryville works in Washington
1,524 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Washington, DC, 14 miles away. That’s 29 times as many as work in Rosaryville itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Rosaryville’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income holds Rosaryville’s grade up ($158,923, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rosaryville could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The towns that employ Rosaryville’s residents
Where Rosaryville clocks in
29% of workers
3% 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 daily trip from Rosaryville: about 43 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rosaryville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,569 commuters (the 19% 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.
A workday in Rosaryville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 5,250 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 598 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,200 people are in Rosaryville on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.12 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 2024, primary jobs.
Rosaryville is a services town
630 jobs are based in Rosaryville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rosaryville, 2014 → 2024: 570 → 630. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rosaryville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Rosaryville
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Rosaryville is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.0% across Maryland, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,837 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). 1.6% of Rosaryville households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Rosaryville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rosaryville places 445th of 2,354 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Chevy Chase MD | 9,445 | $212K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 443 | McFarland WI | 9,145 | $98K | 3.8% | 3.4% | 9% | A |
| 444 | Canton CT | 10,304 | $118K | 5.7% | 3.1% | 12% | A |
| 445 | Rosaryville MD | 12,883 | $159K | 3.8% | 5.4% | 1% | A |
| 446 | Lowell AR | 12,184 | $96K | 6.9% | 1.4% | 10% | A |
| 447 | Harrison OH | 13,795 | $100K | 6.9% | 1.5% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Rosaryville, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Around Rosaryville: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Clinton (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rosaryville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosaryville | – | A | C+ | 43 min | $158,923 |
| Clinton | 2% | A− | B | 38 min | $124,803 |
| Brandywine | under 2% | A− | B | 42 min | $157,587 |
| Queensland | under 2% | A | D | 31 min | $204,423 |
| Melwood | under 2% | B− | B− | 36 min | $81,364 |
| Marlton | under 2% | A | C− | 40 min | $109,328 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rosaryville’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 2024, 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 Rosaryville: questions
What is the median household income in Rosaryville?
$158,923 (±$21,270) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rosaryville?
3.8%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rosaryville?
43 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rosaryville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (29%, 14 mi), Arlington (3%, 16 mi), Lake Arbor (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Rosaryville walkable?
Rosaryville is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rosaryville without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rosaryville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rosaryville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.