Edward Beale House · Photo: Mona80x · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Travilah earn more than in almost any other U.S. town
The two grades for Travilah are A+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. Measured by household income, Travilah is among the highest-earning towns in the country. Below the poverty line: 1.7% of residents, next to 9.4% for Maryland as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Travilah and work: the main findings
A lot of Travilah workers cross into Washington, D.C.
19% of Travilah workers work outside Maryland, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Washington (13%) and Tysons (2%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
A lot of Travilah works from home
30% of Travilah workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland. Time on the road ↓
Four in five Travilah workers earn over $40,000 a year
80% of Travilah’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Travilah is a place people come home to
There are 1,406 jobs based in Travilah, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Travilah has about 8,200 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Travilah’s workforce skews older
37% of Travilah’s working residents are 55 or older. 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.
Jobs & income in Travilah: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Travilah is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #36 of 261 in Maryland. Household income holds Travilah’s grade up ($250,000+, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
The Census reports Travilah’s median household income as $250,000+, the top of its scale; the grade ranks it as tied with the 111 other graded places at that ceiling.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Travilah could be anywhere from A to A+.
13% of working residents work in Washington
Where Travilah clocks in
13% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
About 29 minutes each way, quicker than most of Maryland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Travilah workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,076 commuters (the 30% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Travilah
1,406 jobs are based in Travilah.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Travilah, 2013 → 2023: 1,425 → 1,406. 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 Travilah’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Travilah
On a workday 4,709 residents head out to work, 187 work right here, and 1,219 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,200 people are in Travilah on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.29 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.
Half of Travilah 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.
Most trips from Travilah start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Travilah is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #182 of 261 in Maryland. Both inputs place Travilah 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 5,832 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 44% 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 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 61% 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). 1.6% of Travilah households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Travilah’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Travilah ranks: 160th of 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 158 | Babylon NY | 12,281 | $141K | 3.5% | 3.5% | 8% | A+ |
| 159 | Tolland CT | 14,752 | $133K | 5.3% | 1.2% | 9% | A+ |
| 160 | Travilah MD | 11,721 | $250K | 1.7% | 4.3% | 4% | A+ |
| 161 | Kings Park West VA | 13,442 | $170K | 6.2% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| 162 | Plain City UT | 9,256 | $133K | 2.6% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Travilah, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Next door is work for 13% of Travilah
The biggest share goes to Rockville (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Travilah workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travilah | – | A+ | B | 29 min | $250,000+ |
| Potomac | 5% | A+ | A | 30 min | $236,675 |
| Darnestown | under 3% | A+ | B+ | 37 min | $232,135 |
| Rockville | 8% | A | A+ | 31 min | $128,649 |
| North Potomac | under 3% | A | A | 32 min | $186,514 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Travilah’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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Travilah: questions
What is the median household income in Travilah?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Travilah?
1.7%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Travilah?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Travilah work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (13%, 16 mi), Rockville (8%, 5 mi), Bethesda (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Travilah walkable?
Travilah is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Travilah without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Travilah, from the people who make the trip.
More of Travilah
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.