Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Walkersville are higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Walkersville is better than 98% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (A−). The poverty rate is 2.4%, against 9.4% across Maryland. Only 3% work in Walkersville; the top destination outside it is Frederick (24%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Walkersville
Walkersville and Frederick trade workers both ways
Frederick is the top workplace for Walkersville residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Walkersville come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Walkersville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 31 across Maryland. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, 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 Walkersville: the grade in detail
The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns). 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, Walkersville could be anywhere from A to A+.
Commuting out of Walkersville: the destinations
Where Walkersville clocks in
24% 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.
The trip to work from Walkersville: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Walkersville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,904 commuters (the 16% 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 works in Walkersville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,966 residents head out to work, 90 work right here, and 1,625 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,200 people are in Walkersville on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.56 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 2024, primary jobs.
Making and building: 28% of jobs based in Walkersville
1,715 jobs are based in Walkersville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walkersville, 2014 → 2024: 1,663 → 1,715. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Walkersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Walkersville goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Walkersville is easy on foot, hard by bus
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.8% 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 3,474 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 55% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 9.2% of Walkersville households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Walkersville’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Walkersville is 106th of 3,218 U.S. towns of 4,600 to 8,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Fulton MD | 5,677 | $222K | 0.7% | 1.7% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Riva MD | 4,976 | $176K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Hampton MD | 5,372 | $171K | 3.8% | 0.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | West Rockhill Township PA | 5,455 | $104K | 3.9% | 0.3% | 7% | A+ |
| 105 | La Habra Heights CA | 5,327 | $180K | 4.9% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 106 | Walkersville MD | 6,501 | $131K | 2.4% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 107 | Normandy Park WA | 6,609 | $162K | 4.9% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 108 | Greenwood MO | 6,315 | $107K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,218 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Walkersville, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Walkersville: questions
What is the median household income in Walkersville?
$130,893 (±$21,789) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walkersville?
2.4%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walkersville?
36 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walkersville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frederick (24%, 4 mi), Ballenger Creek (6%, 7 mi), Rockville (3%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Walkersville walkable?
Walkersville is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Walkersville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Walkersville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walkersville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.