Work & commute · Pocomoke

Work & commute in Pocomoke, MD

Most working residents leave Pocomoke for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Salisbury (11%), Snow Hill (5%) and Ocean City (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

276 of 1,901 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,625 Pocomoke residents head out of town to work, 276 work right here, and 1,270 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pocomoke.

1,625live here, work elsewhere

276live and work here

1,270work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pocomoke goes to work

Pocomoke City (in town)right here

15%276

Salisbury21.7 mi away

11%216

Snow Hill11.9 mi away

5%101

Ocean City35.8 mi away

3%59

Baltimore102.6 mi away

2%42

West Pocomoke2.6 mi away

2%36

Berlin26.3 mi away

2%35

Princess Anne12.4 mi away

1%21

Crisfield17.2 mi away

1%20

Easton56.6 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%1,077

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

How far

How far Pocomoke commutes

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

25%

37%

12%

25%

25%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pocomoke is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pocomoke are

1,546 jobs are based in Pocomoke. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pocomoke’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pocomoke

1,546 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Pocomoke residents hold

1,901 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−5%

Jobs based in Pocomoke, 2013 → 2023: 1,625 → 1,546. 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.