Work & commute · Darlington

Work & commute in Darlington, MD

Most working residents leave Darlington for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (12%), Bel Air (10%) and Towson (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 175 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 174 Darlington residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Darlington.

174live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

122work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Darlington goes to work

Baltimore32.1 mi away

12%21

Bel Air10.6 mi away

10%17

Towson28 mi away

4%7

Edgewood16.1 mi away

3%6

Bel Air North10.9 mi away

3%6

Aberdeen8.8 mi away

3%5

Havre de Grace8.2 mi away

2%3

Perry Hall21.9 mi away

2%3

New York, NY138.8 mi away

1%2

Lower Oxford, PA16.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%103

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

How far

How far Darlington commutes

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

24%

32%

33%

12%

24%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Darlington is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Darlington are

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

Jobs based in Darlington

123 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Darlington residents hold

175 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+37%

Jobs based in Darlington, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 123. 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.