Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Rossville has 2.3 jobs per working resident, and 16,498 people come in to work
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 9.2 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 26.3 in Baltimore. There are 16,863 jobs in Rossville for 7,306 working residents. Rossville grades A− for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Rossville: the figures worth knowing
Rossville is where the jobs are
Rossville has 16,863 jobs, 2.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 26,000 people are in town, 60% more than the 16,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Rossville and Baltimore trade workers both ways
Baltimore is the top workplace for Rossville residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Rossville come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Rossville draws workers from far and wide
The 16,863 jobs in Rossville are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 39%; the other 59% come from many towns beyond those. 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.
Why Rossville gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rossville is better than 79% of U.S. towns, #127 of 261 in Maryland. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rossville could be anywhere from B− to A+.
How many people are in Rossville by day
On a workday 6,941 residents head out to work and 365 work right here.
About 26,000 people are in Rossville on a workday afternoon, 60% more 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.
The daily trip into Rossville
Where Rossville clocks in
32% of workers
6% 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.
What Rossville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rossville, 2013 → 2023: 15,144 → 16,863. 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 Rossville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Rossville: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rossville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,787 commuters (the 7% 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 commute from Rossville, by distance
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Rossville
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rossville is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns, #67 of 261 in Maryland. Both inputs place Rossville 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 9,447 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 46% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 34% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 9.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 93% 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). 12.4% of Rossville households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Rossville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rossville next to U.S. towns of 11,000 to 22,000: 761st of 2,220 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 20 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Colesville MD | 14,519 | $131K | 3.4% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | Honeygo MD | 12,250 | $146K | 1.8% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 759 | Patton Township PA | 15,623 | $84K | 18.3% | 5.5% | 8% | A− |
| 760 | Stevenson Ranch CA | 20,990 | $158K | 4.2% | 9.1% | 3% | A− |
| 761 | Rossville MD | 16,059 | $90K | 7.7% | 3.8% | 5% | A− |
| 762 | Nipomo CA | 17,516 | $110K | 5.7% | 3.3% | 11% | A− |
| 763 | Accokeek MD | 14,362 | $151K | 3.7% | 9.9% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,220 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Rossville, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
The towns around Rossville
The biggest share goes to White Marsh (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rossville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossville | – | A− | A | 29 min | $90,000 |
| White Marsh | 2% | A | B− | 31 min | $117,426 |
| Rosedale | under 2% | B | A | 29 min | $85,711 |
| Overlea | under 2% | B+ | A− | 29 min | $88,841 |
| Middle River | 2% | B | A− | 28 min | $78,398 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rossville’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 Rossville: questions
What is the median household income in Rossville?
$90,000 (±$25,897) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rossville?
7.7%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rossville?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rossville work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baltimore (32%, 8 mi), Towson (6%, 8 mi), Cockeysville (3%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rossville walkable?
Rossville is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.9 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rossville without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 34% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rossville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rossville
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.