St. Andrew's Church · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainWildewood’s household incomes are higher than in 91% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Wildewood are A for jobs and income and B for walkability. Poverty touches 4.7% of residents, where Maryland as a whole has 9.4%. Commuters spend 37 minutes getting to work on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Wildewood, in a few figures
Wildewood workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 31 across Maryland. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Nearly all the work in Wildewood is services
85% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 3% are in factories, building or farms. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Wildewood
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wildewood is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #101 of 261 in Maryland. Household income holds Wildewood’s grade up ($126,890, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 36% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wildewood could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The trip to work from Wildewood: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wildewood workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,071 commuters (the 21% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
2,160 jobs are based in Wildewood.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wildewood, 2013 → 2023: 1,808 → 2,160. 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 Wildewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Wildewood by day
On a workday 2,844 residents head out to work, 122 work right here, and 2,038 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,700 people are in Wildewood on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.73 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.
14% of working residents work in California
Where Wildewood clocks in
14% of workers
10% of workers
5% 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.
Where in the region Wildewood works
About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Wildewood is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wildewood is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #205 of 261 in Maryland. Both inputs place Wildewood 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 3,866 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.1% of Wildewood households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wildewood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,071 U.S. towns of 5,300 to 10,200, Wildewood comes 605th on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Fulton MD | 5,677 | $222K | 0.7% | 1.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Hampton MD | 5,372 | $171K | 3.8% | 0.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Chevy Chase MD | 9,445 | $212K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 603 | Washington Township IN | 5,883 | $110K | 9.1% | 1.9% | 9% | A |
| 604 | Hampstead NH | 9,110 | $112K | 3.8% | 4.0% | 8% | A |
| 605 | Wildewood MD | 7,552 | $127K | 4.7% | 1.7% | 4% | A |
| 606 | Upper Saddle River NJ | 8,650 | $250K | 4.5% | 7.3% | 4% | A |
| 607 | Harrisville UT | 7,154 | $89K | 5.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,071 | 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 Wildewood, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
The towns next door employ 14% of Wildewood
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wildewood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildewood | – | A | B | 37 min | $126,890 |
| California | 14% | A− | B− | 24 min | $119,855 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to California. Darker towns draw more of Wildewood’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 Wildewood: questions
What is the median household income in Wildewood?
$126,890 (±$26,291) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wildewood?
4.7%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wildewood?
37 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wildewood work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are California (14%, 3 mi), Leonardtown (10%, 5 mi), Washington (5%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wildewood walkable?
Wildewood is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wildewood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wildewood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wildewood
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.