Work & commute · Solomons

Work & commute in Solomons, MD

Most working residents leave Solomons for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are California (8%), Washington (7%) and Prince Frederick (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49 of 831 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 782 Solomons residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 1,027 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Solomons.

782live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

1,027work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Solomons goes to work

California3.1 mi away

8%67

Washington, DC49.6 mi away

7%57

Prince Frederick16.1 mi away

6%51

Solomons (in town)right here

6%49

Lusby2.3 mi away

4%32

Baltimore67.3 mi away

4%31

Leonardtown10.1 mi away

3%28

Parole45.5 mi away

2%16

Rockville64 mi away

2%14

Wildewood5.1 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%474

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

How far

How far Solomons commutes

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

34%

12%

26%

28%

34%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Solomons is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Solomons are

1,076 jobs are based in Solomons. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Solomons’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Solomons

1,076 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Solomons residents hold

831 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−29%

Jobs based in Solomons, 2013 → 2023: 1,507 → 1,076. 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.