Work & commute · North Beach

Work & commute in North Beach, MD

Most working residents leave North Beach for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Prince Frederick (8%), Washington (6%) and Chesapeake Beach (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 731 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 712 North Beach residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 229 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Beach.

712live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

229work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Beach goes to work

Prince Frederick11.7 mi away

8%58

Washington, DC29.3 mi away

6%43

Chesapeake Beach1.6 mi away

5%33

North Beach (in town)right here

3%19

Baltimore41.1 mi away

2%15

Brock Hall15.2 mi away

2%15

Lake Arbor21.2 mi away

2%14

Suitland23.1 mi away

2%14

Dunkirk7.8 mi away

2%12

Parole19.4 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%496

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

How far

How far North Beach commutes

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

22%

36%

35%

22%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Beach is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Beach are

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

Jobs based in North Beach

248 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs North Beach residents hold

731 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+121%

Jobs based in North Beach, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 248. 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.