Photo: Public domain · Public domainStevensville’s household incomes are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income A−: better than 81% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #117 of 261 in Maryland.
Walkability B−: more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns · #219 of 261 in Maryland.
Working residents average 27 minutes each way (Maryland 31, U.S. 26). About one in ten work in Stevensville; the top destination outside it is Parole (7%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Stevensville, in brief
Stevensville trades workers with the towns around it
Stevensville has about as many jobs (3,289) as working residents (3,320), but they are mostly different people: 2,924 residents leave for work each day while 2,893 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Stevensville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
No single place dominates Stevensville’s commute
The biggest draw, Parole, gets only 7% of working residents, and 56% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Stevensville residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Stevensville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Stevensville went from 2,056 in 2013 to 3,289 in 2023, +60%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Stevensville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Stevensville is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #117 of 261 in Maryland. Household income is its strongest input ($115,357, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Stevensville could be anywhere from B to A+.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 2,924 residents head out to work, 396 work right here, and 2,893 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
7% of working residents work in Parole
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Stevensville clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 3,289 jobs in Stevensville are
3,289 jobs are based in Stevensville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stevensville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stevensville, 2013 → 2023: 2,056 → 3,289. 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.
About 27 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 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stevensville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,277 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Stevensville commutes less than 20 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Stevensville start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stevensville is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns, #219 of 261 in Maryland. Both inputs place Stevensville 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 4,867 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). 4.2% of Stevensville households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Stevensville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Stevensville is 771st of 2,878 U.S. towns of 6,200 to 11,900 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Stevensville, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Chevy Chase MD | 9,445 | $212K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Fairwood MD | 7,526 | $181K | 6.5% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 769 | Clear Lake Township IL | 8,248 | $86K | 6.3% | 1.8% | 7% | A− |
| 770 | South Lebanon Township PA | 10,735 | $85K | 7.9% | 1.7% | 13% | A− |
| 771 | Stevensville MD | 8,802 | $115K | 5.3% | 3.9% | 12% | A− |
| 772 | Thompson's Station TN | 9,469 | $133K | 3.5% | 6.4% | 1% | A− |
| 773 | Peterborough NH | 6,499 | $98K | 5.7% | 0.5% | 27% | 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.
Stevensville and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Chester (3%). Darker towns draw more of Stevensville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stevensville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stevensville | – | A− | B− | 27 min | $115,357 |
| Chester | 3% | A− | B+ | 33 min | $102,399 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Stevensville: questions
What is the median household income in Stevensville?
$115,357 (±$19,302) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stevensville?
5.3%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stevensville?
27 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stevensville work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parole (7%, 13 mi), Baltimore (6%, 27 mi), Annapolis (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stevensville walkable?
Stevensville is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stevensville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stevensville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stevensville
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.