Work & commute · Mount Savage

Work & commute in Mount Savage, MD

Most working residents leave Mount Savage for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Cumberland (22%), Frostburg (8%) and La Vale (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 290 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 285 Mount Savage residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Savage.

285live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

60work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Savage goes to work

Cumberland7 mi away

22%63

Frostburg4.2 mi away

8%22

La Vale3.2 mi away

8%22

Annapolis136.3 mi away

2%5

Baltimore123.9 mi away

2%5

Mount Savage (in town)right here

2%5

Cresaptown7.5 mi away

2%5

Grantsville14.7 mi away

1%4

Frederick80 mi away

1%4

Bowling Green6.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%151

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

How far

How far Mount Savage commutes

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

59%

10%

25%

59%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Savage is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Savage are

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

Jobs based in Mount Savage

65 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Mount Savage residents hold

290 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−42%

Jobs based in Mount Savage, 2013 → 2023: 113 → 65. 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.