Work & commute · Denton

Work & commute in Denton, MD

Most working residents leave Denton for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Easton (7%), Baltimore (4%) and Parole (3%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

276 of 2,260 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 1,984 Denton residents head out of town to work, 276 work right here, and 2,357 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Denton.

1,984live here, work elsewhere

276live and work here

2,357work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Denton goes to work

Denton (in town)right here

12%276

Easton15 mi away

7%162

Baltimore51.2 mi away

4%93

Parole39.9 mi away

3%65

Stevensville27.4 mi away

3%60

Salisbury37.1 mi away

2%54

Cambridge26.3 mi away

2%48

Centreville17 mi away

2%43

Annapolis37.2 mi away

2%41

Washington, DC64.1 mi away

2%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%1,378

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

How far

How far Denton commutes

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

19%

23%

28%

30%

19%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Denton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Denton are

2,633 jobs are based in Denton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Denton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Denton

2,633 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Denton residents hold

2,260 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−19%

Jobs based in Denton, 2013 → 2023: 3,255 → 2,633. 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.