Photo: Scott218 · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Timonium has 2.6 jobs per working resident, and 12,042 people come in to work
12,329 jobs are based in Timonium, and 4,698 of its residents work somewhere. Timonium grades A for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Timonium is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Timonium in brief
Timonium is where the jobs are
Timonium has 12,329 jobs, 2.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 18,000 people are in town, 74% more than the 10,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Timonium and Baltimore trade workers both ways
Baltimore is the top workplace for Timonium residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Timonium come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Timonium draws workers from far and wide
The 12,329 jobs in Timonium are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 35%; the other 63% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
A lot of Timonium works from home
27% of Timonium workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Timonium are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 31 across Maryland. That’s about 38 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.
The four measures behind Timonium’s grade
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Timonium could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
How a workday changes Timonium
On a workday 4,411 residents head out to work and 287 work right here.
About 18,000 people are in Timonium on a workday afternoon, 74% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Timonium, and from where
Where Timonium clocks in
25% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
Timonium’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Timonium workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,349 commuters (the 27% 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.
The kinds of work in Timonium
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Timonium, 2013 → 2023: 13,049 → 12,329. 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 Timonium’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Timonium commutes less than 10 miles
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.
Driving is how Timonium gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Timonium is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns, #169 of 261 in Maryland. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.0% across Maryland.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,603 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 18% 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 3.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 77% 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). 6.0% of Timonium households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Timonium’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Timonium ranks: 539th of 2,878 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 537 | Olmsted Falls OH | 8,669 | $97K | 6.0% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| 538 | Marion Township MI | 12,051 | $123K | 4.5% | 3.7% | 3% | A |
| 539 | Timonium MD | 10,304 | $120K | 5.8% | 4.1% | 6% | A |
| 540 | Mills River NC | 7,504 | $105K | 2.6% | 2.8% | 9% | A |
| 541 | Middlebury CT | 8,093 | $133K | 5.8% | 4.0% | 10% | 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 Timonium, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Next door is work for 11% of Timonium
The biggest share goes to Cockeysville (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Timonium workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timonium | – | A | B+ | 26 min | $119,863 |
| Cockeysville | 9% | B− | A | 24 min | $77,680 |
| Lutherville | 1% | A | A | 25 min | $113,563 |
| Hampton | under 2% | A+ | B | 24 min | $170,688 |
| Mays Chapel | 1% | A | B− | 25 min | $126,996 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Timonium’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 Timonium: questions
What is the median household income in Timonium?
$119,863 (±$22,411) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Timonium?
5.8%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Timonium?
26 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Timonium work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baltimore (25%, 10 mi), Towson (10%, 4 mi), Cockeysville (9%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Timonium walkable?
Timonium is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Timonium without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Timonium, from the people who make the trip.
More of Timonium
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.