Work & commute · Lonaconing

Work & commute in Lonaconing, MD

Most working residents leave Lonaconing for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Cumberland (23%), Frostburg (5%) and Cresaptown (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 330 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 315 Lonaconing residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 214 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lonaconing.

315live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

214work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lonaconing goes to work

Cumberland13.2 mi away

23%76

Frostburg6.5 mi away

5%16

Lonaconing (in town)right here

5%15

Cresaptown7.9 mi away

3%11

Baltimore127.7 mi away

3%9

La Vale10.9 mi away

2%7

Westernport6.4 mi away

2%6

Annapolis138.5 mi away

2%5

Grantsville13 mi away

1%4

Frederick84 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%177

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

How far

How far Lonaconing commutes

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

36%

37%

22%

36%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lonaconing is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lonaconing are

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

Jobs based in Lonaconing

229 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month62%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Lonaconing residents hold

330 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+30%

Jobs based in Lonaconing, 2013 → 2023: 176 → 229. 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.