Work & commute · Ellicott

Work & commute in Ellicott, MD

Most working residents leave Ellicott for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (15%), Columbia (12%) and Washington (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,818 of 33,599 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 30,781 Ellicott residents head out of town to work, 2,818 work right here, and 18,193 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellicott.

30,781live here, work elsewhere

2,818live and work here

18,193work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellicott goes to work

Baltimore12.1 mi away

15%5,115

Columbia5.3 mi away

12%4,153

Ellicott City (in town)right here

8%2,818

Washington, DC27.5 mi away

4%1,494

Woodlawn5.1 mi away

3%895

Fulton9.4 mi away

2%797

Linthicum10.2 mi away

2%700

Catonsville5 mi away

2%610

Bethesda25.1 mi away

2%588

Rockville21.7 mi away

2%569

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%15,860

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

How far

How far Ellicott commutes

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

40%

43%

13%

40%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellicott is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellicott are

21,011 jobs are based in Ellicott. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ellicott’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ellicott

21,011 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Ellicott residents hold

33,599 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+6%

Jobs based in Ellicott, 2013 → 2023: 19,787 → 21,011. 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.