Work & commute · North East

Work & commute in North East, MD

Most working residents leave North East for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Elkton (10%), Baltimore (4%) and Perryville (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

57 of 1,713 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,656 North East residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 1,243 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North East.

1,656live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

1,243work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North East goes to work

Elkton6.4 mi away

10%166

Baltimore41.5 mi away

4%69

North East (in town)right here

3%57

Perryville7 mi away

2%37

Havre de Grace10.1 mi away

2%36

Wilmington, DE23.5 mi away

2%33

Aberdeen13.9 mi away

2%30

Newark, DE10.9 mi away

2%27

New Castle, DE20.4 mi away

1%20

Rossville33.5 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

71%1,218

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

How far

How far North East commutes

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

39%

22%

20%

19%

39%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North East is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North East are

1,300 jobs are based in North East. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North East’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North East

1,300 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs North East residents hold

1,713 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−37%

Jobs based in North East, 2013 → 2023: 2,076 → 1,300. 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.