Work & commute · Deal Island

Work & commute in Deal Island, MD

Most working residents leave Deal Island for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Salisbury (17%), Princess Anne (8%) and Crisfield (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 121 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 119 Deal Island residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deal Island.

119live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Deal Island goes to work

Salisbury24.6 mi away

17%21

Princess Anne13.7 mi away

8%10

Crisfield12.7 mi away

4%5

Smith Island13.1 mi away

4%5

Ocean City50.4 mi away

2%3

Cambridge28.6 mi away

2%3

Pikesville94.8 mi away

2%3

Pocomoke City21.7 mi away

2%2

Fruitland20.5 mi away

2%2

Frederick119 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%65

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

How far

How far Deal Island commutes

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

47%

20%

29%

4%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Deal Island is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Deal Island are

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

Jobs based in Deal Island

56 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Deal Island residents hold

121 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+155%

Jobs based in Deal Island, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 56. 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.