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Work & commute · Ocean Pines

Work & commute in Ocean Pines, MD

Most working residents leave Ocean Pines for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Ocean City (13%), Salisbury (10%) and Berlin (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
265 of 4,521 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
17%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,256 Ocean Pines residents head out of town to work, 265 work right here, and 681 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ocean Pines.

4,256live here, work elsewhere
265live and work here
681work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Ocean Pines goes to work

SelbyvilleMillsboroSnow HillBerlinPocomoke CityFruitlandOcean CityEastonSalisburyBaltimoreBishopvilleWest Ocean CityOcean PinesColumbiaOcean CitySalisburyBerlinWest Ocean CityBaltimoreEastonSnow HillSelbyvilleColumbiaOcean Pines
1
Ocean City4.5 mi away
13%608
2
Salisbury23.8 mi away
10%438
3
Berlin5.2 mi away
7%326
4
West Ocean City3.3 mi away
6%288
5
Ocean Pines (in town)right here
6%265
6
Baltimore101 mi away
2%105
7
Easton56.7 mi away
1%58
8
Snow Hill19.7 mi away
1%51
9
Selbyville, DE6.1 mi away
1%49
10
Columbia108 mi away
1%28
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%2,305

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

How far

How far Ocean Pines commutes

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

45%Under 10 mi
19%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
30%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Ocean Pines is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ocean Pines are

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

Jobs based in Ocean Pines

946 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)79%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Ocean Pines residents hold

4,521 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)73%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month58%
+37%

Jobs based in Ocean Pines, 2013 → 2023: 693 → 946. 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.

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