Work & commute · Drum Point

Work & commute in Drum Point, MD

Most working residents leave Drum Point for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are California (8%), Prince Frederick (7%) and Washington (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 999 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 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 995 Drum Point residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Drum Point.

995live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

65work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Drum Point goes to work

California3.7 mi away

8%77

Prince Frederick17.1 mi away

7%65

Washington, DC50.8 mi away

5%48

Leonardtown11.2 mi away

5%47

Solomons1.4 mi away

4%43

Lusby2.5 mi away

4%42

Wildewood6.2 mi away

3%32

Lake Arbor45.6 mi away

2%21

Waldorf32.6 mi away

2%17

Parole46.1 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%592

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

How far

How far Drum Point commutes

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

30%

20%

23%

28%

30%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Drum Point is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Drum Point are

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

Jobs based in Drum Point

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Drum Point residents hold

999 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+60%

Jobs based in Drum Point, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 69. 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.