Work & commute · Glen Burnie

Work & commute in Glen Burnie, MD

Most working residents leave Glen Burnie for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (13%), Parole (5%) and Columbia (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,788 of 31,904 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 29,116 Glen Burnie residents head out of town to work, 2,788 work right here, and 23,648 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glen Burnie.

29,116live here, work elsewhere

2,788live and work here

23,648work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glen Burnie goes to work

Baltimore9.9 mi away

13%4,139

Glen Burnie (in town)right here

9%2,788

Parole12 mi away

5%1,494

Columbia13.9 mi away

4%1,356

Washington, DC28 mi away

3%1,036

Severn5 mi away

3%876

Linthicum4.8 mi away

3%874

Severna Park5.3 mi away

2%744

Annapolis13.8 mi away

2%710

Odenton7.8 mi away

2%549

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%17,338

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

How far

How far Glen Burnie commutes

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

41%

14%

41%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glen Burnie is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Glen Burnie are

26,436 jobs are based in Glen Burnie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glen Burnie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glen Burnie

26,436 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Glen Burnie residents hold

31,904 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−25%

Jobs based in Glen Burnie, 2013 → 2023: 35,438 → 26,436. 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.