Work & commute · Arnold

Work & commute in Arnold, MD

Most working residents leave Arnold for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (10%), Annapolis (9%) and Parole (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

629 of 10,029 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,400 Arnold residents head out of town to work, 629 work right here, and 3,633 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arnold.

9,400live here, work elsewhere

629live and work here

3,633work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arnold goes to work

Baltimore18.6 mi away

10%957

Annapolis4.9 mi away

9%951

Parole4.6 mi away

9%943

Arnold (in town)right here

6%629

Severna Park4.4 mi away

4%398

Washington, DC29.1 mi away

4%359

Columbia21.9 mi away

3%333

Glen Burnie9.5 mi away

3%297

Linthicum14.3 mi away

2%187

Cape St. Claire3.2 mi away

1%105

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%4,870

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

How far

How far Arnold commutes

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

38%

39%

17%

38%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arnold is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.42 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Arnold are

4,262 jobs are based in Arnold. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arnold’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Arnold

4,262 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Arnold residents hold

10,029 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+37%

Jobs based in Arnold, 2013 → 2023: 3,114 → 4,262. 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.