Work & commute · Parole

Work & commute in Parole, MD

Most working residents leave Parole for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Annapolis (11%), Washington (7%) and Baltimore (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

928 of 6,463 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,535 Parole residents head out of town to work, 928 work right here, and 31,627 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parole.

5,535live here, work elsewhere

928live and work here

31,627work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parole goes to work

Parole (in town)right here

14%928

Annapolis2.8 mi away

11%697

Washington, DC25.6 mi away

7%456

Baltimore21.8 mi away

5%340

Columbia22.1 mi away

3%195

Arnold4.6 mi away

2%113

Glen Burnie12 mi away

2%100

Linthicum16.4 mi away

2%97

Bowie10.3 mi away

1%91

Severna Park6.9 mi away

1%89

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%3,357

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

How far

How far Parole commutes

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

37%

35%

24%

37%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parole is a job hub

5.04jobs per working resident

A job hub

5.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Parole are

32,555 jobs are based in Parole. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Parole’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Parole

32,555 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Parole residents hold

6,463 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+15%

Jobs based in Parole, 2013 → 2023: 28,284 → 32,555. 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.