Work & commute · Garrison

Work & commute in Garrison, MD

Most working residents leave Garrison for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (26%), Owings Mills (5%) and Towson (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

95 of 3,996 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,901 Garrison residents head out of town to work, 95 work right here, and 4,955 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garrison.

3,901live here, work elsewhere

95live and work here

4,955work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garrison goes to work

Baltimore10.3 mi away

26%1,035

Owings Mills2.1 mi away

5%185

Towson7.2 mi away

4%178

Pikesville2.9 mi away

4%152

Columbia15 mi away

4%146

Woodlawn6.7 mi away

3%124

Cockeysville8.4 mi away

3%113

Garrison (in town)right here

2%95

Milford Mill3.9 mi away

2%76

Washington, DC37.2 mi away

2%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,822

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

How far

How far Garrison commutes

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

43%

38%

15%

43%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garrison is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Garrison are

5,050 jobs are based in Garrison. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Garrison’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Garrison

5,050 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Garrison residents hold

3,996 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−66%

Jobs based in Garrison, 2013 → 2023: 14,887 → 5,050. 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.