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Work & commute · Croom

Work & commute in Croom, MD

Most working residents leave Croom for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (21%), Lake Arbor (4%) and Baltimore (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
12 of 1,188 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
43 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
33%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,176 Croom residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 632 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Croom.

1,176live here, work elsewhere
12live and work here
632work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Croom goes to work

WashingtonChesapeake BeachCollege ParkLa PlataBowieBaltimoreAlexandriaEast RiverdaleMarlboro VillageLake ArborQueenslandMarlboro MeadowsMarltonDunkirkWestphaliaCedarvilleClintonBrandywineCroomWaldorfBadenArlingtonWashingtonLake ArborBaltimoreWaldorfAlexandriaArlingtonCollege ParkBowieClintonEast RiverdaleCroom
1
Washington, DC18.1 mi away
21%246
2
Lake Arbor12.4 mi away
4%47
3
Baltimore39.5 mi away
3%30
4
Waldorf11.8 mi away
2%29
5
Alexandria, VA18.5 mi away
2%24
6
Arlington, VA20.9 mi away
2%24
7
College Park20.3 mi away
2%20
8
Bowie14.9 mi away
2%20
9
Clinton8.3 mi away
2%20
10
East Riverdale17.4 mi away
1%17
Everywhere elseother towns and states
60%711

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

How far

How far Croom commutes

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

11%Under 10 mi
61%10–24 mi
23%25–50 mi
5%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Croom is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Croom are

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

Jobs based in Croom

644 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities36%
Services (health, schools, offices…)39%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Croom residents hold

1,188 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)72%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month71%
−25%

Jobs based in Croom, 2013 → 2023: 860 → 644. 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.

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