Work & commute · Cobb Island

Work & commute in Cobb Island, MD

Most working residents leave Cobb Island for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are La Plata (10%), Waldorf (10%) and Washington (8%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 387 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

51 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 382 Cobb Island residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cobb Island.

382live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cobb Island goes to work

La Plata20.4 mi away

10%40

Waldorf24.6 mi away

10%37

Washington, DC45.2 mi away

8%31

Columbia64.8 mi away

2%8

Cobb Island (in town)right here

1%5

Beltsville53.8 mi away

1%5

Silver Spring51.9 mi away

1%5

Hughesville19.7 mi away

1%5

Alexandria, VA40.4 mi away

1%4

Lake Arbor44.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%243

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

How far

How far Cobb Island commutes

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

35%

33%

26%

6%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cobb Island is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cobb Island are

41 jobs are based in Cobb Island. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cobb Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cobb Island

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Cobb Island residents hold

387 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−25%

Jobs based in Cobb Island, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 41. 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.