Work & commute · Eldersburg

Work & commute in Eldersburg, MD

Most working residents leave Eldersburg for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (8%), Baltimore (8%) and Ellicott City (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,668 of 14,792 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,124 Eldersburg residents head out of town to work, 1,668 work right here, and 8,495 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eldersburg.

13,124live here, work elsewhere

1,668live and work here

8,495work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eldersburg goes to work

Eldersburg (in town)right here

11%1,668

Columbia14.9 mi away

8%1,174

Baltimore19.6 mi away

8%1,130

Ellicott City10.9 mi away

4%635

Fulton17.5 mi away

3%431

Westminster12.4 mi away

3%410

Owings Mills8.7 mi away

2%363

Towson17.9 mi away

2%339

Woodlawn12.9 mi away

2%328

Cockeysville18 mi away

2%280

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%8,034

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

How far

How far Eldersburg commutes

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

22%

57%

16%

22%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eldersburg is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eldersburg are

10,163 jobs are based in Eldersburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eldersburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eldersburg

10,163 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Eldersburg residents hold

14,792 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+16%

Jobs based in Eldersburg, 2013 → 2023: 8,761 → 10,163. 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.