Work & commute · Crisfield

Work & commute in Crisfield, MD

Most working residents leave Crisfield for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Salisbury (15%), Princess Anne (5%) and Baltimore (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

159 of 845 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 686 Crisfield residents head out of town to work, 159 work right here, and 666 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crisfield.

686live here, work elsewhere

159live and work here

666work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crisfield goes to work

Crisfield (in town)right here

19%159

Salisbury30.9 mi away

15%123

Princess Anne17.8 mi away

5%43

Baltimore99.7 mi away

4%32

Snow Hill28.7 mi away

1%11

Pocomoke City17.2 mi away

1%11

Ocean City52 mi away

1%8

Cambridge41.3 mi away

1%7

Easton56.1 mi away

1%6

Pikesville107.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%439

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

How far

How far Crisfield commutes

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

27%

17%

27%

29%

27%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crisfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Crisfield are

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

Jobs based in Crisfield

825 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Crisfield residents hold

845 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+5%

Jobs based in Crisfield, 2013 → 2023: 788 → 825. 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.