Work & commute · Shady Side

Work & commute in Shady Side, MD

Most working residents leave Shady Side for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Parole (9%), Annapolis (6%) and Washington (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

82 of 2,476 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,394 Shady Side residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 365 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shady Side.

2,394live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

365work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shady Side goes to work

Parole11.2 mi away

9%231

Annapolis10 mi away

6%147

Washington, DC27.2 mi away

5%133

Baltimore33 mi away

5%126

Deale3.1 mi away

4%99

Shady Side (in town)right here

3%82

Columbia31.6 mi away

2%48

Edgewater7.9 mi away

2%47

Lake Arbor17.7 mi away

2%44

Beltsville26.1 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%1,482

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

How far

How far Shady Side commutes

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

21%

39%

36%

21%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shady Side is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shady Side are

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

Jobs based in Shady Side

447 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Shady Side residents hold

2,476 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−63%

Jobs based in Shady Side, 2013 → 2023: 1,222 → 447. 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.