Work & commute · Herald Harbor

Work & commute in Herald Harbor, MD

Most working residents leave Herald Harbor for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Parole (9%), Annapolis (7%) and Washington (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 1,144 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,138 Herald Harbor residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Herald Harbor.

1,138live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

141work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Herald Harbor goes to work

Parole4.5 mi away

9%99

Annapolis6.6 mi away

7%80

Washington, DC25.8 mi away

7%77

Baltimore17.3 mi away

6%63

Columbia18.4 mi away

5%53

Linthicum11.9 mi away

3%31

Severna Park2.5 mi away

2%23

Odenton6.5 mi away

2%20

Jessup12.7 mi away

2%19

Crownsville2.2 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%661

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

How far

How far Herald Harbor commutes

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

35%

39%

22%

35%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Herald Harbor is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Herald Harbor are

147 jobs are based in Herald Harbor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Herald Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Herald Harbor

147 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Herald Harbor residents hold

1,144 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+60%

Jobs based in Herald Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 147. 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.