Work & commute · Catonsville

Work & commute in Catonsville, MD

Most working residents leave Catonsville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (21%), Columbia (6%) and Ellicott City (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,357 of 17,477 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,120 Catonsville residents head out of town to work, 1,357 work right here, and 14,797 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Catonsville.

16,120live here, work elsewhere

1,357live and work here

14,797work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Catonsville goes to work

Baltimore7.5 mi away

21%3,744

Catonsville (in town)right here

8%1,357

Columbia7.6 mi away

6%1,127

Ellicott City5 mi away

4%635

Towson11.2 mi away

4%627

Woodlawn2.9 mi away

3%563

Linthicum5.6 mi away

3%441

Washington, DC28.9 mi away

2%315

Elkridge4.8 mi away

2%274

Glen Burnie10.4 mi away

1%262

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%8,132

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

How far

How far Catonsville commutes

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

57%

29%

11%

57%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Catonsville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Catonsville are

16,154 jobs are based in Catonsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Catonsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Catonsville

16,154 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Catonsville residents hold

17,477 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+12%

Jobs based in Catonsville, 2013 → 2023: 14,383 → 16,154. 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.