Work & commute · Aberdeen

Work & commute in Aberdeen, MD

Most working residents leave Aberdeen for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (13%), Bel Air (4%) and Havre de Grace (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

623 of 7,064 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,441 Aberdeen residents head out of town to work, 623 work right here, and 6,547 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aberdeen.

6,441live here, work elsewhere

623live and work here

6,547work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aberdeen goes to work

Baltimore27.7 mi away

13%904

Aberdeen (in town)right here

9%623

Bel Air9.2 mi away

4%287

Havre de Grace3.9 mi away

4%274

Edgewood9.3 mi away

3%239

Bel Air South7.2 mi away

3%227

Riverside4.4 mi away

3%219

Perryman4.2 mi away

3%180

Towson25.1 mi away

2%174

Columbia42.6 mi away

2%126

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%3,811

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Aberdeen commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

36%

20%

30%

14%

36%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aberdeen is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Aberdeen are

7,170 jobs are based in Aberdeen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aberdeen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Aberdeen

7,170 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Aberdeen residents hold

7,064 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+14%

Jobs based in Aberdeen, 2013 → 2023: 6,266 → 7,170. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.