Work & commute · Perryville

Work & commute in Perryville, MD

Most working residents leave Perryville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Elkton (6%), Baltimore (5%) and Havre de Grace (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

134 of 1,775 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,641 Perryville residents head out of town to work, 134 work right here, and 2,135 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perryville.

1,641live here, work elsewhere

134live and work here

2,135work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Perryville goes to work

Perryville (in town)right here

8%134

Elkton13.1 mi away

6%112

Baltimore34.7 mi away

5%94

Havre de Grace3.2 mi away

4%74

Bel Air15.2 mi away

3%60

Aberdeen7 mi away

3%59

Rossville26.6 mi away

2%37

Edgewood16.3 mi away

2%32

Bel Air South13.8 mi away

2%31

Riverside11.4 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%1,113

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

How far

How far Perryville commutes

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

31%

29%

27%

13%

31%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Perryville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Perryville are

2,269 jobs are based in Perryville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Perryville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Perryville

2,269 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Perryville residents hold

1,775 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+50%

Jobs based in Perryville, 2013 → 2023: 1,510 → 2,269. 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.