Work & commute · Mountain Lake Park

Work & commute in Mountain Lake Park, MD

Most working residents leave Mountain Lake Park for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Oakland (22%), Cumberland (2%) and Grantsville (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 789 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 755 Mountain Lake Park residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 412 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mountain Lake Park.

755live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

412work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mountain Lake Park goes to work

Oakland1.6 mi away

22%173

Mountain Lake Park (in town)right here

4%34

Cumberland37.5 mi away

2%19

Grantsville23.8 mi away

2%14

Hagerstown89.9 mi away

1%10

Baltimore148.2 mi away

1%10

Frederick105.1 mi away

1%9

Annapolis156.8 mi away

1%6

Parole154.1 mi away

1%6

Rockville121.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%503

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

How far

How far Mountain Lake Park commutes

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

59%

14%

21%

59%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mountain Lake Park is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mountain Lake Park are

446 jobs are based in Mountain Lake Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mountain Lake Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mountain Lake Park

446 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Mountain Lake Park residents hold

789 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+3%

Jobs based in Mountain Lake Park, 2013 → 2023: 432 → 446. 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.