Work & commute · Tilghman Island

Work & commute in Tilghman Island, MD

Most working residents leave Tilghman Island for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Easton (14%), St. Michaels (5%) and Baltimore (3%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 307 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 287 Tilghman Island residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tilghman Island.

287live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

110work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tilghman Island goes to work

Easton15.4 mi away

14%43

Tilghman Island (in town)right here

7%20

St. Michaels9.3 mi away

5%15

Baltimore44.5 mi away

3%10

Washington, DC39.5 mi away

3%8

Annapolis21.4 mi away

2%7

Gambrills32.5 mi away

2%7

Parole23.6 mi away

2%7

Salisbury46 mi away

2%6

Cambridge16.9 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%179

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

How far

How far Tilghman Island commutes

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

21%

25%

36%

19%

21%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tilghman Island is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tilghman Island are

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

Jobs based in Tilghman Island

130 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Tilghman Island residents hold

307 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+34%

Jobs based in Tilghman Island, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 130. 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.