These Are The 10 Laziest Places In Maryland

Everyone hates the lazy person in the office. The guy or gal who manages to offload all of their work to you, but somehow still takes the credit for it.

And if you live in one of these Maryland towns, you might look in the mirror and see that lazy person staring right back at you.

We’re not trying to be mean; it’s just that the lazy ethos can penetrate from the location into the workplace and no one wants to work with lazy people.

So we got to work late on a Friday night to figure out the places around Maryland that spend the day on Reddit and get by with the bare minimum. Using data from the latest American Community Survey, we identified criteria associated with laziness for each city.

After crunching all the numbers, here are the ten “Laziest Places in Maryland” based on data:

Read on to see where the couch potatoes call home or skip to the end to find where your town ranked.

Oh, and by the way, Poolesville is the hardest-working place in MD.

How We Determined The Laziest Places In The Old Line State

Like all problems here at Zippia, we start with the data to answer the hard questions. Some might even consider us the hardest working data-crunchers this side of the Mississippi.

In this particular case, we went to the latest version of the American Community Survey looking for answers. As luck would have it, the Census Bureau just released the 2010-2014 5-Yr Estimate which would make this analysis the first of it’s kind with the new data.

After scrolling through what seemed like hundreds of criteria, we settled on this set for the laziest places in Maryland:

Lowest average hours worked
Shortest commute time
Fewest workers per household (Labor force divided by the number households)
Highest unemployment rate
Fewest adults with a college degree

Our thinking went something along the lines of if you can’t bother to go college, don’t spend any time at work, and have only one person per household bringing home the bacon, your town is probably pretty lazy.

After we got the data for the 41 places in Maryland over 5,000 people, we ranked each place from 1 to 41 for each of the criteria with 1 being the “laziest”.

Next, we averaged the rankings for each to create a lazy index.

Finally, we crowned the place with the lowest lazy index the “Laziest Place In Maryland”. And, at the end of the day, Cumberland slacked off its way to the top.

Read the detailed chart below to learn a bit more about why each place ranked where it did.

1. Cumberland

Population: 20,557College Educated: 17.3%
Unemployment Rate: 12.9%

2. Hagerstown

Population: 40,295College Educated: 17.1%
Unemployment Rate: 13.9%

3. Cambridge

Population: 12,511College Educated: 19.3%
Unemployment Rate: 14.2%

4. Frostburg

Population: 8,802College Educated: 32.2%
Unemployment Rate: 11.8%

5. Salisbury

Population: 31,334College Educated: 27.8%
Unemployment Rate: 10.6%

6. Aberdeen

Population: 15,137College Educated: 18.6%
Unemployment Rate: 9.9%

7. Baltimore

Population: 622,271College Educated: 27.7%
Unemployment Rate: 13.9%

8. Ocean City

Population: 7,093College Educated: 33.5%
Unemployment Rate: 10.3%

9. Elkton

Population: 15,673College Educated: 21.6%
Unemployment Rate: 10.1%

10. Cheste

Population: 5,221 College Educated: 34.7%
Unemployment Rate: 6.9%

Slacking Your Way Off To The Bottom

Like we said earlier, trying to determine the laziest places in Maryland is usually a subjective matter. But if you’re analyzing cities where people don’t work, where a good education is rare, and no one’s willing to put in the long hours, then this is an accurate list of laziness.

Detailed List Of The Laziest Places In Maryland

City	Rank	Population	College Educated	Unemployment Rate
Cumberland	1	20,557	17.3%	12.9%
Hagerstown	2	40,295	17.1%	13.9%
Cambridge	3	12,511	19.3%	14.2%
Frostburg	4	8,802	32.2%	11.8%
Salisbury	5	31,334	27.8%	10.6%
Aberdeen	6	15,137	18.6%	9.9%
Baltimore	7	622,271	27.7%	13.9%
Ocean City	8	7,093	33.5%	10.3%
Elkton	9	15,673	21.6%	10.1%
Cheste	10	5,221	34.7%	6.9%
Glenarden	11	6,145	27.1%	11.6%
Easton	12	16,541	30.0%	6.4%
Havre de Grace	13	13,360	35.8%	8.9%
District Heights	14	5,977	16.0%	15.2%
Bladensburg	15	9,371	13.4%	8.0%
Thurmont	16	6,333	28.6%	12.1%
Westminster	17	18,656	29.3%	5.6%
Fruitland	18	5,028	32.5%	5.4%
New Carrollton	19	12,412	21.2%	12.9%
Bel Air	20	10,240	37.8%	6.1%
Annapolis	21	38,599	45.7%	5.1%
Cheverly	22	6,307	44.7%	10.6%
Mount Rainier	23	8,277	27.5%	9.5%
Frederick	24	66,646	37.6%	7.1%
College Park	25	31,387	50.0%	10.7%
Brunswick	26	6,006	26.9%	6.3%
Greenbelt	27	23,612	41.9%	6.9%
La Plata	28	8,903	31.7%	4.0%
Taneytown	29	6,738	25.7%	5.0%
Hampstead	30	6,342	32.3%	2.8%
Riverdale Park	31	7,119	23.2%	10.1%
Walkersville	32	5,966	42.3%	4.7%
Laurel	33	25,673	39.4%	7.2%
Gaithersburg	34	63,491	51.6%	6.6%
Hyattsville	35	18,049	33.7%	6.8%
Chesapeake Beach	36	5,816	29.4%	7.7%
Rockville	37	63,402	62.3%	5.3%
Bowie	38	56,335	48.0%	7.7%
Takoma Park	39	17,307	52.8%	8.1%
Mount Airy	40	9,333	42.7%	5.1%
Poolesville	41	5,042	54.5%	4.1%

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Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

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