Work & commute · Reisterstown

Work & commute in Reisterstown, MD

Most working residents leave Reisterstown for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (21%), Owings Mills (6%) and Towson (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

518 of 11,287 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,769 Reisterstown residents head out of town to work, 518 work right here, and 4,234 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Reisterstown.

10,769live here, work elsewhere

518live and work here

4,234work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Reisterstown goes to work

Baltimore15.2 mi away

21%2,382

Owings Mills3.3 mi away

6%637

Towson11.3 mi away

5%526

Reisterstown (in town)right here

5%518

Columbia17.5 mi away

4%414

Cockeysville10.1 mi away

3%389

Woodlawn10.8 mi away

3%362

Pikesville7.5 mi away

3%302

Milford Mill7.7 mi away

2%209

Washington, DC39.4 mi away

2%200

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%5,348

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

How far

How far Reisterstown commutes

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

30%

51%

16%

30%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Reisterstown is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Reisterstown are

4,752 jobs are based in Reisterstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Reisterstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Reisterstown

4,752 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Reisterstown residents hold

11,287 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−5%

Jobs based in Reisterstown, 2013 → 2023: 4,980 → 4,752. 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.