Photo: Marylandstater · Public domainUnemployment in Snow Hill (12.4%) is higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income D: better than 6% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access.
Walkability A−: more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 90% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 18 minutes each way (Maryland 31, U.S. 26). About one in seven work in Snow Hill; the top destination outside it is Salisbury (13%, 18 miles).
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.0 transit trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 26.3 in Baltimore (EPA, 2020 schedules).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Snow Hill, in brief
Jobs in Snow Hill have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Snow Hill went from 648 in 2013 to 1,306 in 2023, +102%. The jobs ↓
Snow Hill is where the jobs are
Snow Hill has 1,306 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Snow Hill are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 31 across Maryland. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical Maryland 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 840 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Snow Hill’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Snow Hill is better than 6% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Snow Hill’s grade up (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (12.4%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Snow Hill could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
1,306 jobs are based in Snow Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Snow Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Snow Hill, 2013 → 2023: 648 → 1,306. 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.
Snow Hill fills up on a workday
On a workday 734 residents head out to work, 106 work right here, and 1,200 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Snow Hill on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Maryland
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Snow Hill workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,155 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Where Snow Hill’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Snow Hill clocks in
13% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Snow Hill commutes less than 18 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 26% 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.
Snow Hill is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Snow Hill is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.0% across Maryland, on an EPA index of 7.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,215 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 0.0 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). 9.7% of Snow Hill households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Snow Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Snow Hill compares with U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Snow Hill, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Cabin John MD | 2,179 | $250K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Herald Harbor MD | 2,430 | $148K | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,617 | Rector AR | 1,789 | $48K | 20.2% | 4.1% | 15% | D |
| 4,618 | Westernport MD | 1,759 | $48K | 22.2% | 0.0% | 4% | D |
| 4,619 | Snow Hill MD | 2,237 | $48K | 18.4% | 12.4% | 13% | D |
| 4,620 | Lincoln Township MI | 1,841 | $49K | 14.8% | 5.8% | 1% | D |
| 4,621 | Chauvin LA | 2,502 | $53K | 21.3% | 10.3% | 6% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | 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.
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 Snow Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Snow Hill?
$48,382 (±$5,678) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Snow Hill?
18.4%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Snow Hill?
18 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Snow Hill work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salisbury (13%, 18 mi), Ocean City (7%, 24 mi), Berlin (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Snow Hill walkable?
Snow Hill is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Snow Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Snow Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Snow Hill
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.