Work & commute · Dundalk

Work & commute in Dundalk, MD

Most working residents leave Dundalk for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (29%), Towson (4%) and Edgemere (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,016 of 26,990 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 24,974 Dundalk residents head out of town to work, 2,016 work right here, and 11,342 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dundalk.

24,974live here, work elsewhere

2,016live and work here

11,342work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dundalk goes to work

Baltimore6.4 mi away

29%7,907

Dundalk (in town)right here

7%2,016

Towson10.9 mi away

4%1,146

Edgemere3.6 mi away

3%938

Rossville6.3 mi away

3%710

Middle River6.2 mi away

2%656

Glen Burnie9.6 mi away

2%559

Cockeysville16.2 mi away

2%520

Columbia19.9 mi away

1%400

Rosedale4.4 mi away

1%369

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%11,769

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

How far

How far Dundalk commutes

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

56%

30%

10%

56%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dundalk is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dundalk are

13,358 jobs are based in Dundalk. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dundalk’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dundalk

13,358 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Dundalk residents hold

26,990 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−3%

Jobs based in Dundalk, 2013 → 2023: 13,823 → 13,358. 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.