Photo: cassi hayden · Public domainAt 9.5%, unemployment in Temple Hills is higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
A typical one-way commute lasts 33 minutes, next to 31 for Maryland and 26 for the U.S. The two grades for Temple Hills are C+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. Hardly any work in Temple Hills itself; outside it, Washington draws the most (32%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Temple Hills in brief
Many Temple Hills workers cross into Washington, D.C.
43% of Temple Hills workers work outside Maryland, most of them in Washington, D.C., the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Temple Hills is a place people come home to
There are 175 jobs based in Temple Hills, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Temple Hills has about 6,000 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The quickest commute around
Temple Hills’ 33-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 37 to 39 minutes. Next door ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Temple Hills’ working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 33 minutes, longer than the Maryland average of 31. Time on the road ↓
Temple Hills and Washington trade workers both ways
Washington is the top workplace for Temple Hills residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Temple Hills come from (11% of its jobs). 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.
Jobs & income in Temple Hills: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Temple Hills is better than 42% of U.S. towns, #239 of 261 in Maryland. Job access by car holds Temple Hills’ grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Temple Hills could be anywhere from C to B+.
The places Temple Hills commutes to
Where Temple Hills clocks in
32% of workers
4% 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.
Temple Hills on a workday afternoon
On a workday 3,174 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 173 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,000 people are in Temple Hills on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.06 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.
A commute of about 33 minutes in Temple Hills
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Temple Hills workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,541 commuters (the 19% 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.
In Temple Hills, services account for most jobs
175 jobs are based in Temple Hills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Temple Hills, 2013 → 2023: 218 → 175. 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 Temple Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Temple Hills’ workers travel
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.
Getting around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,385 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 93% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 48% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 11.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 94% 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). 20.3% of Temple Hills households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 11% of Temple Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
Temple Hills places 1,900th of 2,862 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 6,300 to 12,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 20 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Chevy Chase MD | 9,445 | $212K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 45 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,898 | Little River SC | 11,771 | $66K | 12.7% | 4.2% | 10% | C+ |
| 1,899 | Richland Township PA | 11,936 | $73K | 10.7% | 5.7% | 23% | C+ |
| 1,900 | Temple Hills MD | 8,969 | $67K | 12.5% | 9.5% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,901 | Valley Falls SC | 8,239 | $56K | 22.2% | 5.5% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,902 | Greencastle IN | 9,924 | $56K | 12.2% | 3.0% | 37% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,862 | 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 Temple Hills, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Next door to Temple Hills
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Temple Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Hills | – | C+ | A | 33 min | $66,841 |
| Oxon Hill | under 2% | A− | A | 39 min | $93,252 |
| Camp Springs | under 2% | A− | A | 38 min | $120,456 |
| Marlow Heights | under 2% | C− | A+ | 37 min | $55,502 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Temple Hills’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 Temple Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Temple Hills?
$66,841 (±$8,692) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Temple Hills?
12.5%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Temple Hills?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Temple Hills work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (32%, 7 mi), Arlington (4%, 9 mi), Alexandria (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Temple Hills walkable?
Temple Hills is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.8 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Temple Hills without a car?
11% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. 48% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Temple Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Temple Hills
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.