Work & commute · Grantsville

Work & commute in Grantsville, MD

Most working residents leave Grantsville for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Oakland (5%), Cumberland (5%) and Baltimore (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

60 of 358 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 298 Grantsville residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 1,176 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grantsville.

298live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

1,176work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grantsville goes to work

Grantsville (in town)right here

17%60

Oakland23.5 mi away

5%18

Cumberland21.2 mi away

5%18

Baltimore138.3 mi away

4%15

Frostburg12.4 mi away

2%8

Accident10.2 mi away

2%6

Elk Lick, PA5.7 mi away

2%6

Annapolis150.1 mi away

1%4

Addison, PA9.1 mi away

1%4

Hagerstown76.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%216

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

How far

How far Grantsville commutes

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

35%

39%

24%

35%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grantsville is a job hub

3.45jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Grantsville are

1,236 jobs are based in Grantsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grantsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grantsville

1,236 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Grantsville residents hold

358 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+148%

Jobs based in Grantsville, 2013 → 2023: 499 → 1,236. 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.