Work & commute · Federalsburg

Work & commute in Federalsburg, MD

Most working residents leave Federalsburg for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Easton (9%), Hurlock (6%) and Cambridge (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

163 of 1,281 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,118 Federalsburg residents head out of town to work, 163 work right here, and 1,630 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Federalsburg.

1,118live here, work elsewhere

163live and work here

1,630work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Federalsburg goes to work

Federalsburg (in town)right here

13%163

Easton17.1 mi away

9%118

Hurlock6.9 mi away

6%72

Cambridge19 mi away

4%49

Denton13.2 mi away

4%48

Baltimore61.6 mi away

4%48

Salisbury24.1 mi away

2%25

Washington, DC68.6 mi away

2%21

Seaford, DE8.9 mi away

1%17

Georgetown, DE20.8 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%704

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

How far

How far Federalsburg commutes

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

27%

29%

12%

32%

27%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Federalsburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Federalsburg are

1,793 jobs are based in Federalsburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Federalsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Federalsburg

1,793 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Federalsburg residents hold

1,281 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+10%

Jobs based in Federalsburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,623 → 1,793. 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.