Work & commute · Cordova

Work & commute in Cordova, MD

Most working residents leave Cordova for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Easton (27%), Centreville (4%) and Salisbury (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 264 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 261 Cordova residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 258 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cordova.

261live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

258work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cordova goes to work

Easton7.4 mi away

27%72

Centreville12.5 mi away

4%10

Salisbury40.7 mi away

4%10

Parole30.9 mi away

3%9

Baltimore44.4 mi away

3%8

Annapolis28.2 mi away

2%6

Washington, DC54.8 mi away

2%5

St. Michaels13 mi away

2%5

Federalsburg17.2 mi away

2%5

Denton9.4 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%129

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

How far

How far Cordova commutes

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

39%

19%

33%

10%

39%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cordova is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cordova are

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

Jobs based in Cordova

261 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Cordova residents hold

264 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−43%

Jobs based in Cordova, 2013 → 2023: 457 → 261. 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.