Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Taneytown’s household incomes are higher than in 65% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Taneytown; the top destination outside it is Westminster (9%, 10 miles). The poverty rate is 11.2%, next to 9.4% for Maryland as a whole. For jobs and income Taneytown is better than 57% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Taneytown and work: the main findings
Taneytown makes and builds things
55% of the jobs based in Taneytown are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Taneytown residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
Many of the people who work in Taneytown live in another state
Littlestown, PA (3%), Germany Township, PA (2%) and Hanover, PA (2%) are among the top places Taneytown’s workers come from. Counting only the top ten home towns, 13% of the jobs here are held by people from out of state. The commute map ↓
Taneytown workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 31 across Maryland. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical 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.
Inside Taneytown’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Taneytown’s grade up ($87,621, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Taneytown could be anywhere from C to A.
Goods, not services: 55% of the jobs in Taneytown
2,208 jobs are based in Taneytown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Taneytown, 2013 → 2023: 1,954 → 2,208. 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 Taneytown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Taneytown goes to work
Where Taneytown clocks in
9% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Time on the road from Taneytown: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Taneytown workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,892 commuters (the 16% 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.
How many people are in Taneytown by day
On a workday 3,297 residents head out to work, 323 work right here, and 1,885 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,800 people are in Taneytown on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.61 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.
Miles to work from Taneytown
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.
Most of Taneytown commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,431 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). 0.9% of Taneytown households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Taneytown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,956 U.S. towns of 5,800 to 11,100, Taneytown comes 1,520th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 21 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Chevy Chase MD | 9,445 | $212K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Fairwood MD | 7,526 | $181K | 6.5% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,518 | Dallas Township PA | 9,554 | $101K | 10.0% | 5.3% | 9% | B |
| 1,519 | Millsboro DE | 7,890 | $79K | 8.3% | 2.9% | 11% | B |
| 1,520 | Taneytown MD | 8,259 | $88K | 11.2% | 4.0% | 9% | B |
| 1,521 | Frankfort NY | 6,847 | $63K | 7.3% | 3.3% | 8% | B |
| 1,522 | Ohio Township OH | 5,812 | $73K | 14.3% | 2.3% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,956 | 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 Taneytown, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
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 Taneytown: questions
What is the median household income in Taneytown?
$87,621 (±$20,099) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Taneytown?
11.2%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Taneytown?
37 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Taneytown work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Westminster (9%, 10 mi), Baltimore (6%, 39 mi), Frederick (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Taneytown walkable?
Taneytown is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Taneytown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Taneytown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Taneytown
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.