Work & commute · Joppatowne

Work & commute in Joppatowne, MD

Most working residents leave Joppatowne for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (13%), Bel Air (4%) and Edgewood (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

135 of 5,479 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 5,344 Joppatowne residents head out of town to work, 135 work right here, and 1,465 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Joppatowne.

5,344live here, work elsewhere

135live and work here

1,465work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Joppatowne goes to work

Baltimore16 mi away

13%721

Bel Air8.2 mi away

4%219

Edgewood3 mi away

4%217

Bel Air South6.7 mi away

4%196

Towson14.3 mi away

4%195

Rossville7.9 mi away

3%172

Middle River6.7 mi away

3%155

Cockeysville15.4 mi away

3%137

Joppatowne (in town)right here

2%135

Aberdeen11.7 mi away

2%118

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%3,214

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

How far

How far Joppatowne commutes

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

33%

41%

17%

33%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Joppatowne is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Joppatowne are

1,600 jobs are based in Joppatowne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Joppatowne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Joppatowne

1,600 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Joppatowne residents hold

5,479 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−7%

Jobs based in Joppatowne, 2013 → 2023: 1,722 → 1,600. 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.