Work & commute · Linthicum

Work & commute in Linthicum, MD

Most working residents leave Linthicum for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (16%), Columbia (5%) and Glen Burnie (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

359 of 4,997 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,638 Linthicum residents head out of town to work, 359 work right here, and 23,059 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Linthicum.

4,638live here, work elsewhere

359live and work here

23,059work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Linthicum goes to work

Baltimore6.9 mi away

16%806

Linthicum (in town)right here

7%359

Columbia10.4 mi away

5%248

Glen Burnie4.8 mi away

5%234

Washington, DC28.3 mi away

4%196

Parole16.4 mi away

3%140

Severn5.4 mi away

2%110

Annapolis18.5 mi away

2%85

Catonsville5.6 mi away

2%75

Woodlawn8 mi away

1%72

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%2,672

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

How far

How far Linthicum commutes

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

56%

26%

14%

56%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Linthicum is a job hub

4.69jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Linthicum are

23,418 jobs are based in Linthicum. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Linthicum’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Linthicum

23,418 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Linthicum residents hold

4,997 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+71%

Jobs based in Linthicum, 2013 → 2023: 13,685 → 23,418. 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.