Work & commute · Fruitland

Work & commute in Fruitland, MD

Most working residents leave Fruitland for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Salisbury (32%), Baltimore (3%) and Ocean City (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

75 of 2,080 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 2,005 Fruitland residents head out of town to work, 75 work right here, and 1,454 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fruitland.

2,005live here, work elsewhere

75live and work here

1,454work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fruitland goes to work

Salisbury4.5 mi away

32%663

Fruitland (in town)right here

4%75

Baltimore86 mi away

3%55

Ocean City30.8 mi away

2%50

Snow Hill16.4 mi away

1%24

Easton39.6 mi away

1%23

Selbyville, DE24.9 mi away

1%22

Princess Anne8.7 mi away

1%20

Berlin22.4 mi away

1%20

Annapolis65.4 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,111

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

How far

How far Fruitland commutes

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

55%

12%

25%

55%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fruitland is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fruitland are

1,529 jobs are based in Fruitland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fruitland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fruitland

1,529 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Fruitland residents hold

2,080 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+12%

Jobs based in Fruitland, 2013 → 2023: 1,369 → 1,529. 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.