Work & commute · Ferndale

Work & commute in Ferndale, MD

Most working residents leave Ferndale for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (15%), Glen Burnie (8%) and Parole (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

215 of 7,496 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,281 Ferndale residents head out of town to work, 215 work right here, and 5,391 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ferndale.

7,281live here, work elsewhere

215live and work here

5,391work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ferndale goes to work

Baltimore7.9 mi away

15%1,097

Glen Burnie2.5 mi away

8%579

Parole14.4 mi away

4%293

Columbia12.1 mi away

4%285

Linthicum2.3 mi away

3%247

Ferndale (in town)right here

3%215

Washington, DC28.4 mi away

3%205

Severn4.9 mi away

3%196

Annapolis16.3 mi away

2%155

Severna Park7.8 mi away

2%138

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%4,086

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

How far

How far Ferndale commutes

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

50%

33%

14%

50%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ferndale is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ferndale are

5,606 jobs are based in Ferndale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ferndale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ferndale

5,606 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Ferndale residents hold

7,496 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−1%

Jobs based in Ferndale, 2013 → 2023: 5,686 → 5,606. 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.