Work & commute · Parkville

Work & commute in Parkville, MD

Most working residents leave Parkville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (30%), Towson (9%) and Cockeysville (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

327 of 14,263 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,936 Parkville residents head out of town to work, 327 work right here, and 4,450 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parkville.

13,936live here, work elsewhere

327live and work here

4,450work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parkville goes to work

Baltimore6.5 mi away

30%4,262

Towson3.6 mi away

9%1,348

Cockeysville7.7 mi away

4%640

Carney2.2 mi away

3%368

Rossville4.4 mi away

2%337

Parkville (in town)right here

2%327

Timonium5 mi away

2%275

Columbia20.7 mi away

2%244

Woodlawn11.8 mi away

1%212

Middle River7.2 mi away

1%208

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%6,042

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

How far

How far Parkville commutes

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

64%

22%

10%

64%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parkville is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Parkville are

4,777 jobs are based in Parkville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Parkville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Parkville

4,777 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Parkville residents hold

14,263 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−1%

Jobs based in Parkville, 2013 → 2023: 4,808 → 4,777. 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.