Concord · Photo: Historic American Buildings Survey / Historic American Engineering Record · Public domainWalker Mill has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
774 jobs are based in Walker Mill for 4,843 working residents. Walker Mill grades B for jobs and income and A for walkability. Hardly any stay in Walker Mill for work; outside it, Washington is the main destination (35%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Walker Mill, in brief
Many Walker Mill workers cross into Washington, D.C.
43% of Walker Mill workers work outside Maryland, most of them in Washington, D.C., the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Walker Mill’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 39 minutes, longer than the Maryland average of 31. Time on the road ↓
Walker Mill is a place people come home to
There are 774 jobs based in Walker Mill, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Walker Mill has about 6,900 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Walker Mill works in Washington
1,701 working residents, 35%, have their main job in Washington, DC, 7.3 miles away. That’s far more as work in Walker Mill itself. The commute map ↓
Most Walker Mill residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 2% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Walker Mill’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Walker Mill is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #200 of 261 in Maryland. Job access by car holds Walker Mill’s grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (8.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Walker Mill could be anywhere from C to A.
Where people from Walker Mill work
Where Walker Mill clocks in
35% of workers
3% 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.
A commute of about 39 minutes in Walker Mill
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Walker Mill workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,493 commuters (the 15% 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 Walker Mill by day
On a workday 4,829 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 760 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,900 people are in Walker Mill on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer 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.
The commute from Walker Mill, by distance
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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walker Mill, 2013 → 2023: 627 → 774. 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 Walker Mill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Walker Mill is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 19.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.0% across Maryland, on an EPA index of 9.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,285 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 66% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 22% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 33.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, among the most 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). 9.7% of Walker Mill households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 19% of Walker Mill’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Walker Mill ranks: 1,321st of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | 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+ |
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| 14 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
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| 28 | Chevy Chase MD | 9,445 | $212K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 33 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,319 | Midland WA | 9,050 | $85K | 11.5% | 5.4% | 3% | B |
| 1,320 | Fraser MI | 14,496 | $64K | 10.4% | 4.3% | 5% | B |
| 1,321 | Walker Mill MD | 10,931 | $88K | 10.3% | 8.2% | <1% | B |
| 1,322 | Los Alamitos CA | 11,702 | $97K | 8.9% | 9.2% | 6% | B |
| 1,323 | Brewer ME | 9,636 | $67K | 12.5% | 1.4% | 17% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | 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 Walker Mill, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Work in the towns next to Walker Mill
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Walker Mill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Mill | – | B | A | 39 min | $88,333 |
| Capitol Heights | under 1% | B | A | 32 min | $97,155 |
| Forestville | under 1% | B | A+ | 35 min | $70,579 |
| District Heights | under 1% | B− | A+ | 36 min | $86,955 |
| Coral Hills | under 1% | C+ | A+ | 35 min | $68,603 |
| Seat Pleasant | under 1% | C | A+ | 37 min | $57,018 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Walker Mill’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 Walker Mill: questions
What is the median household income in Walker Mill?
$88,333 (±$24,574) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walker Mill?
10.3%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walker Mill?
39 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walker Mill work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (35%, 7 mi), Baltimore (3%, 33 mi), Arlington (3%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Walker Mill walkable?
Walker Mill is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.5 out of 20, and 19% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Walker Mill without a car?
19% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 22% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Walker Mill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walker Mill
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.