Stancioff House · Photo: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Urbana have higher incomes than those in 98% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Urbana A; getting around on foot earns it B. 1.2% of residents are in poverty, where Maryland as a whole has 9.4%. 31% of workers work from home (Maryland 19%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Urbana: the figures worth knowing
Urbana has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Urbana went from 2,716 in 2013 to 5,282 in 2023, +94%. The jobs ↓
Urbana draws workers from far and wide
The 5,282 jobs in Urbana are filled from a wide area. Urbana’s own residents hold 6% and the ten next-biggest home towns 27%; the other 67% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
A lot of Urbana works from home
31% of Urbana workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Urbana pay over $40,000 a year
72% of the jobs based in Urbana pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. 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.
How Urbana earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Urbana is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #48 of 261 in Maryland. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Urbana could be anywhere from A to A+.
72% of the jobs in Urbana pay over $3,333 a month
5,282 jobs are based in Urbana.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Urbana, 2013 → 2023: 2,716 → 5,282. 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 Urbana’s own residents hold wherever they work.
11% of working residents work in Frederick
Where Urbana clocks in
11% 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.
Each way, about 33 minutes from Urbana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Urbana workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,992 commuters (the 31% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 6,121 residents head out to work, 328 work right here, and 4,954 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 (0.82 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.
How far it is to work from Urbana
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.
For most of Urbana, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Urbana is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #183 of 261 in Maryland. Both inputs place Urbana 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 7,191 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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). 4.5% of Urbana households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Urbana’s commuters take a bus or train.
Urbana is 202nd of 2,227 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 10 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
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| 23 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 45 | Colesville MD | 14,519 | $131K | 3.4% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 200 | New Britain Township PA | 12,377 | $144K | 2.2% | 3.9% | 5% | A |
| 201 | Redland MD | 18,665 | $132K | 4.4% | 3.4% | 2% | A |
| 202 | Urbana MD | 14,260 | $183K | 1.2% | 3.7% | 5% | A |
| 203 | Shiloh Valley Township IL | 12,737 | $105K | 4.8% | 1.5% | 5% | A |
| 204 | Kingston MA | 14,548 | $120K | 3.1% | 2.2% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Urbana, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Urbana and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Urbana workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urbana | – | A | B | 33 min | $182,500 |
| Green Valley | under 3% | A+ | C+ | 35 min | $171,707 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Urbana’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 Urbana: questions
What is the median household income in Urbana?
$182,500 (±$25,605) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Urbana?
1.2%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Urbana?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Urbana work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frederick (11%, 9 mi), Rockville (8%, 20 mi), Gaithersburg (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Urbana walkable?
Urbana is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Urbana without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Urbana, from the people who make the trip.
More of Urbana
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.