Work & commute · Crofton

Work & commute in Crofton, MD

Most working residents leave Crofton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (8%), Baltimore (7%) and Parole (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

595 of 11,964 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,369 Crofton residents head out of town to work, 595 work right here, and 3,870 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crofton.

11,369live here, work elsewhere

595live and work here

3,870work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crofton goes to work

Washington, DC19.6 mi away

8%907

Baltimore20.1 mi away

7%844

Parole7.1 mi away

6%705

Crofton (in town)right here

5%595

Annapolis9.8 mi away

4%469

Columbia16.1 mi away

4%466

Odenton3.7 mi away

3%332

Bowie5.2 mi away

3%310

Glen Burnie10.6 mi away

2%241

College Park13.8 mi away

2%207

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%6,888

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

How far

How far Crofton commutes

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

31%

53%

13%

31%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crofton is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crofton are

4,465 jobs are based in Crofton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crofton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Crofton

4,465 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Crofton residents hold

11,964 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−3%

Jobs based in Crofton, 2013 → 2023: 4,615 → 4,465. 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.