Work & commute · Sharptown

Work & commute in Sharptown, MD

Most working residents leave Sharptown for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Salisbury (29%), Cambridge (3%) and Seaford (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 284 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 282 Sharptown residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sharptown.

282live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

25work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sharptown goes to work

Salisbury13.3 mi away

29%83

Cambridge19.4 mi away

3%8

Seaford, DE10.1 mi away

2%6

Delmar10.9 mi away

2%5

Baltimore71.2 mi away

2%5

Fruitland15.9 mi away

1%4

Ocean City36.1 mi away

1%4

Easton25.1 mi away

1%4

Federalsburg11 mi away

1%3

Hurlock10 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%159

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

How far

How far Sharptown commutes

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

11%

54%

27%

11%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sharptown is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sharptown are

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

Jobs based in Sharptown

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Sharptown residents hold

284 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+35%

Jobs based in Sharptown, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 27. 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.