Work & commute · Arbutus

Work & commute in Arbutus, MD

Most working residents leave Arbutus for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (21%), Columbia (6%) and Catonsville (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

448 of 9,360 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,912 Arbutus residents head out of town to work, 448 work right here, and 11,368 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arbutus.

8,912live here, work elsewhere

448live and work here

11,368work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arbutus goes to work

Baltimore5.9 mi away

21%1,957

Columbia9.4 mi away

6%567

Arbutus (in town)right here

5%448

Catonsville3.1 mi away

4%419

Elkridge4.2 mi away

3%300

Linthicum2.7 mi away

3%266

Towson11.2 mi away

3%242

Ellicott City7.9 mi away

3%239

Glen Burnie7.5 mi away

2%215

Woodlawn5.3 mi away

2%189

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%4,518

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

How far

How far Arbutus commutes

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

60%

26%

10%

60%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arbutus is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Arbutus are

11,816 jobs are based in Arbutus. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arbutus’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Arbutus

11,816 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Arbutus residents hold

9,360 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−10%

Jobs based in Arbutus, 2013 → 2023: 13,140 → 11,816. 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.