Work & commute · Eckhart Mines

Work & commute in Eckhart Mines, MD

Most working residents leave Eckhart Mines for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cumberland (25%), Frostburg (17%) and La Vale (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 331 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 329 Eckhart Mines residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eckhart Mines.

329live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

89work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eckhart Mines goes to work

Cumberland7.2 mi away

25%82

Frostburg1.8 mi away

17%55

La Vale3.8 mi away

3%11

Baltimore124.2 mi away

2%8

Grantsville14.1 mi away

2%5

Hagerstown62.3 mi away

2%5

Cresaptown5.3 mi away

2%5

Carlos4 mi away

1%4

Oakland31.7 mi away

1%3

Frederick80.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%150

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

How far

How far Eckhart Mines commutes

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

66%

22%

66%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eckhart Mines is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eckhart Mines are

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

Jobs based in Eckhart Mines

91 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Eckhart Mines residents hold

331 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−17%

Jobs based in Eckhart Mines, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 91. 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.