Work & commute · Sykesville

Work & commute in Sykesville, MD

Most working residents leave Sykesville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Eldersburg (10%), Columbia (8%) and Baltimore (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 1,884 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,834 Sykesville residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 1,152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sykesville.

1,834live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

1,152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sykesville goes to work

Eldersburg2.4 mi away

10%179

Columbia13.3 mi away

8%160

Baltimore19.9 mi away

8%153

Ellicott City9.9 mi away

5%85

Fulton15.5 mi away

4%72

Westminster14.4 mi away

3%51

Sykesville (in town)right here

3%50

Owings Mills10.1 mi away

3%49

Towson19 mi away

2%42

Frederick23.9 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,008

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

How far

How far Sykesville commutes

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

18%

63%

14%

18%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sykesville is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sykesville are

1,202 jobs are based in Sykesville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sykesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sykesville

1,202 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Sykesville residents hold

1,884 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+10%

Jobs based in Sykesville, 2013 → 2023: 1,093 → 1,202. 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.