Work & commute · Kent Narrows

Work & commute in Kent Narrows, MD

Most working residents leave Kent Narrows for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (7%), Annapolis (5%) and Stevensville (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 264 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 260 Kent Narrows residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 572 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kent Narrows.

260live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

572work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kent Narrows goes to work

Baltimore30.5 mi away

7%19

Annapolis14.6 mi away

5%14

Stevensville4.6 mi away

5%14

Parole17.2 mi away

5%13

Chester3 mi away

4%10

Easton16 mi away

3%9

Centreville10.4 mi away

3%8

Grasonville2.1 mi away

3%7

Washington, DC42.4 mi away

2%4

Kent Narrows (in town)right here

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%162

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

How far

How far Kent Narrows commutes

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

17%

28%

48%

17%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

48%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kent Narrows is a job hub

2.18jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kent Narrows are

576 jobs are based in Kent Narrows. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kent Narrows’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kent Narrows

576 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Kent Narrows residents hold

264 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−18%

Jobs based in Kent Narrows, 2013 → 2023: 705 → 576. 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.