Work & commute · Fishing Creek

Work & commute in Fishing Creek, MD

Most working residents leave Fishing Creek for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Easton (16%), Cambridge (10%) and Baltimore (9%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 68 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

6 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 65 Fishing Creek residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fishing Creek.

65live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fishing Creek goes to work

Easton31.3 mi away

16%11

Cambridge16.8 mi away

10%7

Baltimore69.7 mi away

9%6

Fishing Creek (in town)right here

4%3

Parole48.3 mi away

4%3

Annapolis46.4 mi away

3%2

Salisbury34.5 mi away

3%2

Dover, DE68.2 mi away

1%1

Secretary23.8 mi away

1%1

Oxford24.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%31

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

How far

How far Fishing Creek commutes

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

23%

32%

38%

6%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fishing Creek is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fishing Creek are

18 jobs are based in Fishing Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fishing Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fishing Creek

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less83%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Fishing Creek residents hold

68 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+20%

Jobs based in Fishing Creek, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 18. 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.