Work & commute · Ilchester

Work & commute in Ilchester, MD

Most working residents leave Ilchester for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (14%), Baltimore (14%) and Washington (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

378 of 12,527 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

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,149 Ilchester residents head out of town to work, 378 work right here, and 4,102 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ilchester.

12,149live here, work elsewhere

378live and work here

4,102work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ilchester goes to work

Columbia5.3 mi away

14%1,747

Baltimore10 mi away

14%1,692

Washington, DC25.5 mi away

5%590

Ellicott City5.7 mi away

4%529

Ilchester (in town)right here

3%378

Fulton9.1 mi away

2%275

Linthicum5.2 mi away

2%273

Elkridge1.8 mi away

2%261

Bethesda24.8 mi away

2%199

Jessup4.8 mi away

2%197

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%6,386

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

How far

How far Ilchester commutes

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

46%

42%

46%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ilchester is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ilchester are

4,480 jobs are based in Ilchester. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ilchester’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ilchester

4,480 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Ilchester residents hold

12,527 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+12%

Jobs based in Ilchester, 2013 → 2023: 4,002 → 4,480. 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.