Work & commute · Severna Park

Work & commute in Severna Park, MD

Most working residents leave Severna Park for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (13%), Parole (6%) and Annapolis (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,451 of 15,991 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 14,540 Severna Park residents head out of town to work, 1,451 work right here, and 9,209 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Severna Park.

14,540live here, work elsewhere

1,451live and work here

9,209work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Severna Park goes to work

Baltimore14.9 mi away

13%2,017

Severna Park (in town)right here

9%1,451

Parole6.9 mi away

6%1,007

Annapolis8.5 mi away

4%716

Columbia17.6 mi away

4%675

Glen Burnie5.3 mi away

4%614

Washington, DC27.3 mi away

3%546

Linthicum10 mi away

3%474

Arnold4.4 mi away

2%299

Pasadena4.6 mi away

1%215

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%7,977

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

How far

How far Severna Park commutes

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

37%

42%

16%

37%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Severna Park is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Severna Park are

10,660 jobs are based in Severna Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Severna Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Severna Park

10,660 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Severna Park residents hold

15,991 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+11%

Jobs based in Severna Park, 2013 → 2023: 9,577 → 10,660. 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.