Work & commute · Baltimore Highlands

Work & commute in Baltimore Highlands, MD

Most working residents leave Baltimore Highlands for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (20%), Columbia (4%) and Linthicum (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

73 of 3,068 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,995 Baltimore Highlands residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 1,424 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Baltimore Highlands.

2,995live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

1,424work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Baltimore Highlands goes to work

Baltimore4.7 mi away

20%619

Columbia12.1 mi away

4%121

Linthicum2.3 mi away

4%119

Glen Burnie5.7 mi away

3%106

Arbutus3 mi away

3%95

Towson11 mi away

3%86

Severn7.6 mi away

3%85

Baltimore Highlands (in town)right here

2%73

Catonsville5.9 mi away

2%66

Elkridge6.3 mi away

2%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,643

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

How far

How far Baltimore Highlands commutes

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

58%

26%

12%

58%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Baltimore Highlands is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Baltimore Highlands are

1,497 jobs are based in Baltimore Highlands. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Baltimore Highlands’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Baltimore Highlands

1,497 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Baltimore Highlands residents hold

3,068 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+37%

Jobs based in Baltimore Highlands, 2013 → 2023: 1,095 → 1,497. 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.