Work & commute · Overlea

Work & commute in Overlea, MD

Most working residents leave Overlea for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (30%), Towson (7%) and Rossville (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

107 of 6,116 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,009 Overlea residents head out of town to work, 107 work right here, and 3,412 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Overlea.

6,009live here, work elsewhere

107live and work here

3,412work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Overlea goes to work

Baltimore6.7 mi away

30%1,829

Towson5.7 mi away

7%408

Rossville2.2 mi away

4%215

Cockeysville9.9 mi away

3%201

Middle River5 mi away

2%145

Carney2.8 mi away

2%113

Columbia21.5 mi away

2%113

Perry Hall3.6 mi away

2%109

Overlea (in town)right here

2%107

White Marsh3.4 mi away

2%105

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,771

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

How far

How far Overlea commutes

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

59%

26%

11%

59%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Overlea is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Overlea are

3,519 jobs are based in Overlea. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Overlea’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Overlea

3,519 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Overlea residents hold

6,116 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−11%

Jobs based in Overlea, 2013 → 2023: 3,935 → 3,519. 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.