Work & commute · Preston

Work & commute in Preston, MD

Most working residents leave Preston for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Easton (17%), Cambridge (6%) and Baltimore (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 337 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 330 Preston residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 408 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Preston.

330live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

408work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Preston goes to work

Easton9.9 mi away

17%58

Cambridge14.1 mi away

6%21

Baltimore55.5 mi away

4%14

Salisbury28.9 mi away

3%9

Denton12.5 mi away

2%8

Parole39.7 mi away

2%8

Preston (in town)right here

2%7

Annapolis36.9 mi away

2%7

Seaford, DE16.2 mi away

2%6

Federalsburg7.4 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%194

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

How far

How far Preston commutes

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

21%

31%

20%

28%

21%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Preston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Preston are

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

Jobs based in Preston

415 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Preston residents hold

337 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+34%

Jobs based in Preston, 2013 → 2023: 310 → 415. 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.