Work & commute · Berlin

Work & commute in Berlin, MD

Most working residents leave Berlin for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Ocean City (13%), Salisbury (10%) and West Ocean City (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

304 of 2,156 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,852 Berlin residents head out of town to work, 304 work right here, and 2,565 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Berlin.

1,852live here, work elsewhere

304live and work here

2,565work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Berlin goes to work

Berlin (in town)right here

14%304

Ocean City9.5 mi away

13%271

Salisbury20.3 mi away

10%220

West Ocean City5.8 mi away

7%161

Snow Hill14.5 mi away

2%48

Ocean Pines5.2 mi away

2%45

Baltimore100.6 mi away

2%44

Selbyville, DE9 mi away

2%37

Pocomoke City26.3 mi away

1%16

Cambridge49.1 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%995

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

How far

How far Berlin commutes

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

49%

23%

24%

49%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Berlin is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Berlin are

2,869 jobs are based in Berlin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Berlin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Berlin

2,869 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Berlin residents hold

2,156 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+4%

Jobs based in Berlin, 2013 → 2023: 2,770 → 2,869. 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.