Work & commute · Rossville

Work & commute in Rossville, MD

Most working residents leave Rossville for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (32%), Towson (6%) and Cockeysville (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

365 of 7,306 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 6,941 Rossville residents head out of town to work, 365 work right here, and 16,498 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rossville.

6,941live here, work elsewhere

365live and work here

16,498work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rossville goes to work

Baltimore8.1 mi away

32%2,302

Towson7.9 mi away

6%413

Rossville (in town)right here

5%365

Cockeysville11.6 mi away

3%209

Middle River2.9 mi away

2%149

White Marsh2 mi away

2%136

Columbia23 mi away

2%126

Dundalk6.3 mi away

2%121

Woodlawn14.8 mi away

2%118

Edgemere9.2 mi away

2%114

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%3,253

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

How far

How far Rossville commutes

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

54%

31%

12%

54%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rossville is a job hub

2.31jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Rossville are

16,863 jobs are based in Rossville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rossville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rossville

16,863 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Rossville residents hold

7,306 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+11%

Jobs based in Rossville, 2013 → 2023: 15,144 → 16,863. 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.