Work & commute · Rising Sun

Work & commute in Rising Sun, MD

Most working residents leave Rising Sun for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Elkton (8%), Baltimore (5%) and Bel Air (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51 of 1,150 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 1,099 Rising Sun residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 713 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rising Sun.

1,099live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

713work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rising Sun goes to work

Elkton14.3 mi away

8%89

Baltimore40.4 mi away

5%52

Rising Sun (in town)right here

4%51

Bel Air19.1 mi away

4%41

Perryville8.9 mi away

2%26

Havre de Grace11.1 mi away

2%25

Aberdeen14.2 mi away

2%23

Bel Air South18.8 mi away

2%22

Rossville32.6 mi away

2%19

Newark, DE16.2 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%785

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

How far

How far Rising Sun commutes

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

23%

40%

22%

15%

23%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rising Sun is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rising Sun are

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

Jobs based in Rising Sun

764 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Rising Sun residents hold

1,150 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+1%

Jobs based in Rising Sun, 2013 → 2023: 760 → 764. 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.