Work & commute · Cambridge

Work & commute in Cambridge, MD

About one in 4 of Cambridge’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Easton (10%), Baltimore (5%) and Salisbury (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

1,442 of 5,631 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 4,189 Cambridge residents head out of town to work, 1,442 work right here, and 4,870 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cambridge.

4,189live here, work elsewhere

1,442live and work here

4,870work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cambridge goes to work

Cambridge (in town)right here

26%1,442

Easton15.4 mi away

10%562

Baltimore59 mi away

5%269

Salisbury29.3 mi away

4%206

Hurlock12.4 mi away

3%145

Washington, DC56.1 mi away

2%108

Annapolis37 mi away

1%80

Federalsburg19 mi away

1%68

Parole39.4 mi away

1%50

Columbia61.4 mi away

1%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%2,656

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

How far

How far Cambridge commutes

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

33%

18%

20%

29%

33%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cambridge is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cambridge are

6,312 jobs are based in Cambridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cambridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cambridge

6,312 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Cambridge residents hold

5,631 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+8%

Jobs based in Cambridge, 2013 → 2023: 5,853 → 6,312. 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.