Work & commute · Pikesville

Work & commute in Pikesville, MD

Most working residents leave Pikesville for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (30%), Towson (6%) and Owings Mills (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,227 of 13,350 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 12,123 Pikesville residents head out of town to work, 1,227 work right here, and 15,305 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pikesville.

12,123live here, work elsewhere

1,227live and work here

15,305work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pikesville goes to work

Baltimore7.9 mi away

30%3,978

Pikesville (in town)right here

9%1,227

Towson4.4 mi away

6%794

Owings Mills5 mi away

3%411

Columbia15.7 mi away

3%400

Woodlawn6.5 mi away

3%399

Cockeysville7 mi away

3%350

Washington, DC37.7 mi away

2%212

Garrison2.9 mi away

1%187

Milford Mill4.8 mi away

1%186

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%5,206

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

How far

How far Pikesville commutes

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

63%

21%

12%

63%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pikesville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pikesville are

16,532 jobs are based in Pikesville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pikesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pikesville

16,532 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Pikesville residents hold

13,350 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+16%

Jobs based in Pikesville, 2013 → 2023: 14,215 → 16,532. 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.