Pleasant Prospect · Public domainWoodmore’s household incomes are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Woodmore A−; getting around on foot earns it B+. Below the poverty line: 7.3% of residents, where Maryland as a whole has 9.4%. Hardly any stay in Woodmore for work; outside it, Washington is the main destination (28%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Woodmore and work: the main findings
A lot of Woodmore workers cross into Washington, D.C.
32% of Woodmore workers work outside Maryland, most of them in Washington, D.C., the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Woodmore workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 31 across Maryland. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Woodmore is a place people come home to
There are 526 jobs based in Woodmore, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Woodmore has about 3,100 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Woodmore
27% of Woodmore workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland. Time on the road ↓
28% of Woodmore works in Washington
577 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Washington, DC, 13 miles away. That’s 28 times as many as work in Woodmore itself. The commute map ↓
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 Woodmore earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Woodmore is better than 78% of U.S. towns, #132 of 261 in Maryland. Household income holds Woodmore’s grade up ($184,286, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Woodmore could be anywhere from B to A+.
The towns that employ Woodmore’s residents
Where Woodmore clocks in
28% of workers
3% 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.
About 40 minutes each way for Woodmore’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Woodmore workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,711 commuters (the 27% 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 Woodmore by day
On a workday 2,059 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 514 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Woodmore on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.25 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.
Woodmore is a services town
526 jobs are based in Woodmore.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Woodmore, 2013 → 2023: 482 → 526. 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 Woodmore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Woodmore’s commute, mile by mile
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 Woodmore, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Woodmore is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #166 of 261 in Maryland. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 13.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.0% across Maryland, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,331 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 4.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 83% 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). 1.2% of Woodmore households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 13% of Woodmore’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Woodmore is 881st among 3,938 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Fulton MD | 5,677 | $222K | 0.7% | 1.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Riva MD | 4,976 | $176K | 1.1% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Brown Station MD | 3,451 | $169K | 3.3% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 879 | Pierson Township MI | 3,516 | $86K | 7.2% | 1.5% | 3% | A− |
| 880 | Nassau NY | 4,489 | $93K | 7.2% | 2.3% | 4% | A− |
| 881 | Woodmore MD | 4,613 | $184K | 7.3% | 6.9% | 1% | A− |
| 882 | St. Johns AZ | 3,336 | $132K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 13% | A− |
| 883 | Carlisle IA | 4,532 | $109K | 3.1% | 6.1% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Woodmore, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
The towns around Woodmore
The biggest share goes to Bowie (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Woodmore workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodmore | – | A− | B+ | 40 min | $184,286 |
| Mitchellville | under 2% | A | A | 33 min | $149,347 |
| Bowie | 3% | A | A | 35 min | $141,995 |
| Kettering | under 2% | B+ | A | 41 min | $126,938 |
| Fairwood | under 2% | A+ | A | 39 min | $181,458 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Woodmore’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 Woodmore: questions
What is the median household income in Woodmore?
$184,286 (±$34,472) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Woodmore?
7.3%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Woodmore?
40 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Woodmore work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (28%, 13 mi), Baltimore (3%, 28 mi), Bowie (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Woodmore walkable?
Woodmore is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Woodmore without a car?
13% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Woodmore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Woodmore
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.