Work & commute · Elkridge

Work & commute in Elkridge, MD

Most working residents leave Elkridge for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (13%), Columbia (12%) and Washington (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

457 of 11,175 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,718 Elkridge residents head out of town to work, 457 work right here, and 13,649 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elkridge.

10,718live here, work elsewhere

457live and work here

13,649work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elkridge goes to work

Baltimore10.1 mi away

13%1,474

Columbia6.3 mi away

12%1,322

Washington, DC24.9 mi away

6%617

Elkridge (in town)right here

4%457

Ellicott City7.5 mi away

3%350

Linthicum4.3 mi away

2%273

Severn4.8 mi away

2%224

Jessup3.7 mi away

2%199

Rockville23.5 mi away

2%195

Fulton9.5 mi away

2%192

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%5,872

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

How far

How far Elkridge commutes

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

48%

37%

12%

48%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elkridge is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elkridge are

14,106 jobs are based in Elkridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elkridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elkridge

14,106 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Elkridge residents hold

11,175 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+16%

Jobs based in Elkridge, 2013 → 2023: 12,179 → 14,106. 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.