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Work & commute in Bel Air, MD

Most working residents leave Bel Air for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cumberland (27%), Cresaptown (6%) and La Vale (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
7 of 683 working residents
Typical commute
7 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
18%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 676 Bel Air residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bel Air.

676live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
139work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bel Air goes to work

LonaconingWesternportGrantsvilleFrostburgCumberlandHagerstownFrederickBaltimoreKeyserBel AirRawlingsBowmans AdditionBierCresaptownLa ValeCumberlandCresaptownLa ValeFrostburgBaltimoreFrederickBierHagerstownGrantsvilleBel Air
1
Cumberland7.1 mi away
27%187
2
Cresaptown1.4 mi away
6%38
3
La Vale6.4 mi away
5%35
4
Frostburg6.1 mi away
5%32
5
Baltimore121.4 mi away
3%20
6
Frederick77.6 mi away
2%11
7
Bier2 mi away
1%10
8
Hagerstown60.4 mi away
1%7
9
Bel Air (in town)right here
1%7
10
Grantsville17.7 mi away
1%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%330

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

How far

How far Bel Air commutes

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

67%Under 10 mi
5%10–24 mi
4%25–50 mi
25%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bel Air is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bel Air are

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

Jobs based in Bel Air

146 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)89%
$1,250 a month or less31%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Bel Air residents hold

683 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month62%
+15%

Jobs based in Bel Air, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 146. 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.

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