Work & commute · Scaggsville

Work & commute in Scaggsville, MD

Most working residents leave Scaggsville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (11%), Baltimore (10%) and Fulton (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

59 of 3,840 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,781 Scaggsville residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 575 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scaggsville.

3,781live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

575work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scaggsville goes to work

Columbia4.4 mi away

11%426

Baltimore18.3 mi away

10%372

Fulton1.8 mi away

6%245

Washington, DC17.8 mi away

5%175

Ellicott City9.7 mi away

3%108

College Park10.4 mi away

2%92

Bethesda16.5 mi away

2%70

Laurel3.4 mi away

2%65

Rockville15.1 mi away

2%63

Scaggsville (in town)right here

2%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%2,165

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

How far

How far Scaggsville commutes

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

38%

51%

38%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scaggsville is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scaggsville are

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

Jobs based in Scaggsville

634 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Scaggsville residents hold

3,840 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−16%

Jobs based in Scaggsville, 2013 → 2023: 754 → 634. 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.