Photo: Pi.1415926535 · CC BY-SA 3.0Scaggsville ranks among the highest-earning U.S. towns by household income
For jobs and income Scaggsville is among the top U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (B−). Measured by household income, Scaggsville is among the highest-earning towns in the country. Below the poverty line: 2.9% of residents, next to 9.4% for Maryland as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Scaggsville stands out on work
Scaggsville is a place people come home to
There are 634 jobs based in Scaggsville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Scaggsville has about 7,400 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Scaggsville works from home
30% of Scaggsville workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland. 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.
Jobs & income in Scaggsville: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Scaggsville is among the top U.S. towns, #4 of 261 in Maryland. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Scaggsville’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Scaggsville stays A+.
How many people are in Scaggsville by day
On a workday 3,781 residents head out to work, 59 work right here, and 575 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,400 people are in Scaggsville on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.17 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.
How long Scaggsville spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scaggsville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,690 commuters (the 30% 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.
11% of working residents work in Columbia
Where Scaggsville clocks in
10% 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.
65% of the jobs in Scaggsville pay over $3,333 a month
634 jobs are based in Scaggsville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scaggsville, 2013 → 2023: 754 → 634. 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 Scaggsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Scaggsville’s commute, mile by mile
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 Scaggsville, the car does most of the work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% 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 5,255 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 0.6% of Scaggsville households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Scaggsville’s commuters take a bus or train.
13th of 2,878: where Scaggsville ranks among U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | 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 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Albertville MN | 8,544 | $133K | 1.1% | 0.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 12 | Mendota Heights MN | 11,475 | $133K | 2.8% | 1.4% | 6% | A+ |
| 13 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 14 | Belmont VA | 9,729 | $243K | 2.1% | 1.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 15 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Chevy Chase MD | 9,445 | $212K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Fairwood MD | 7,526 | $181K | 6.5% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | 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 Scaggsville, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
The towns next door employ 17% of Scaggsville
The biggest share goes to Columbia (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Scaggsville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scaggsville | – | A+ | B− | 30 min | $207,220 |
| Columbia | 11% | A | A | 28 min | $131,490 |
| North Laurel | under 2% | A+ | B+ | 28 min | $122,949 |
| Burtonsville | under 2% | A− | A | 33 min | $134,276 |
| West Laurel | under 2% | A | C+ | 37 min | $164,688 |
| Fulton | 6% | A+ | B+ | 26 min | $222,039 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Scaggsville’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 Scaggsville: questions
What is the median household income in Scaggsville?
$207,220 (±$25,192) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scaggsville?
2.9%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scaggsville?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scaggsville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbia (11%, 4 mi), Baltimore (10%, 18 mi), Fulton (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Scaggsville walkable?
Scaggsville is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Scaggsville without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Scaggsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scaggsville
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.