Work & commute · Cockeysville

Work & commute in Cockeysville, MD

Most working residents leave Cockeysville for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (21%), Towson (9%) and Timonium (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,472 of 10,421 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,949 Cockeysville residents head out of town to work, 1,472 work right here, and 31,037 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cockeysville.

8,949live here, work elsewhere

1,472live and work here

31,037work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cockeysville goes to work

Baltimore12.3 mi away

21%2,192

Cockeysville (in town)right here

14%1,472

Towson5.8 mi away

9%887

Timonium2.7 mi away

5%474

Columbia22.7 mi away

2%217

Owings Mills9.7 mi away

2%198

Rossville11.6 mi away

1%154

Woodlawn13.5 mi away

1%145

Pikesville7 mi away

1%144

Washington, DC44.7 mi away

1%117

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%4,421

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

How far

How far Cockeysville commutes

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

43%

40%

12%

43%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cockeysville is a job hub

3.12jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cockeysville are

32,509 jobs are based in Cockeysville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cockeysville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cockeysville

32,509 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Cockeysville residents hold

10,421 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−16%

Jobs based in Cockeysville, 2013 → 2023: 38,595 → 32,509. 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.