Work & commute · Accident

Work & commute in Accident, MD

Most working residents leave Accident for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Oakland (13%), Friendsville (5%) and Baltimore (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 117 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 112 Accident residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 173 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Accident.

112live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

173work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Accident goes to work

Oakland15.1 mi away

13%15

Friendsville5.2 mi away

5%6

Baltimore146.3 mi away

5%6

Accident (in town)right here

4%5

Mountain Lake Park15.9 mi away

3%3

Cumberland30 mi away

3%3

Grantsville10.2 mi away

2%2

Westminster123.2 mi away

2%2

Annapolis157.1 mi away

2%2

Washington, DC132.9 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%72

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

How far

How far Accident commutes

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

38%

29%

25%

38%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Accident is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Accident are

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

Jobs based in Accident

178 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Accident residents hold

117 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−49%

Jobs based in Accident, 2013 → 2023: 351 → 178. 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.