Work & commute · Potomac Park

Work & commute in Potomac Park, MD

Most working residents leave Potomac Park for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cumberland (30%), Frostburg (5%) and Baltimore (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 259 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 257 Potomac Park residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Potomac Park.

257live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Potomac Park goes to work

Cumberland3.8 mi away

30%78

Frostburg6.8 mi away

5%13

Baltimore119.2 mi away

5%12

Cresaptown1.9 mi away

4%10

La Vale4.2 mi away

4%10

Hagerstown57.8 mi away

2%4

Grantsville19.2 mi away

1%3

Frederick75.4 mi away

1%3

Bowling Green1 mi away

1%3

Gambrills120.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%120

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

How far

How far Potomac Park commutes

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

63%

28%

63%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Potomac Park is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Potomac Park are

24 jobs are based in Potomac Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Potomac Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Potomac Park

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Potomac Park residents hold

259 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−79%

Jobs based in Potomac Park, 2013 → 2023: 113 → 24. 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.