Work & commute · Taneytown

Work & commute in Taneytown, MD

Most working residents leave Taneytown for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Westminster (9%), Baltimore (6%) and Frederick (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

323 of 3,620 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,297 Taneytown residents head out of town to work, 323 work right here, and 1,885 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Taneytown.

3,297live here, work elsewhere

323live and work here

1,885work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Taneytown goes to work

Taneytown (in town)right here

9%323

Westminster10.2 mi away

9%310

Baltimore38.7 mi away

6%218

Frederick19.9 mi away

5%165

Ballenger Creek23.3 mi away

2%87

Eldersburg21 mi away

2%85

Columbia35.6 mi away

2%85

Owings Mills26.5 mi away

2%79

Towson34.6 mi away

1%54

Cockeysville31.3 mi away

1%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%2,163

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

How far

How far Taneytown commutes

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

18%

35%

38%

18%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Taneytown is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Taneytown are

2,208 jobs are based in Taneytown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Taneytown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Taneytown

2,208 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Taneytown residents hold

3,620 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+13%

Jobs based in Taneytown, 2013 → 2023: 1,954 → 2,208. 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.