Work & commute · La Vale

Work & commute in La Vale, MD

Most working residents leave La Vale for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Cumberland (31%), Frostburg (5%) and Cresaptown (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

164 of 1,658 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,494 La Vale residents head out of town to work, 164 work right here, and 2,095 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Vale.

1,494live here, work elsewhere

164live and work here

2,095work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Vale goes to work

Cumberland3.9 mi away

31%520

La Vale (in town)right here

10%164

Frostburg5.5 mi away

5%81

Cresaptown5.4 mi away

3%47

Baltimore120.9 mi away

2%37

Hagerstown58.7 mi away

2%27

Oakland35.4 mi away

1%16

Bowling Green3.3 mi away

1%16

Frederick77.1 mi away

1%13

Grantsville17.4 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%725

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

How far

How far La Vale commutes

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

71%

21%

71%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Vale is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in La Vale are

2,259 jobs are based in La Vale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Vale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in La Vale

2,259 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs La Vale residents hold

1,658 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−4%

Jobs based in La Vale, 2013 → 2023: 2,365 → 2,259. 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.