Work & commute · Union Bridge

Work & commute in Union Bridge, MD

Most working residents leave Union Bridge for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Westminster (9%), Baltimore (7%) and Frederick (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 523 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 491 Union Bridge residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 190 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Union Bridge.

491live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

190work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Union Bridge goes to work

Westminster8.9 mi away

9%48

Baltimore35.4 mi away

7%35

Union Bridge (in town)right here

6%32

Frederick15.7 mi away

5%26

Towson32 mi away

2%12

Mount Airy13.6 mi away

2%10

Taneytown6 mi away

2%9

New Windsor4.4 mi away

2%8

Rockville33.7 mi away

2%8

Eldersburg16.5 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%328

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

How far

How far Union Bridge commutes

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

29%

33%

31%

29%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Union Bridge 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 Union Bridge are

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

Jobs based in Union Bridge

222 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Union Bridge residents hold

523 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+52%

Jobs based in Union Bridge, 2013 → 2023: 146 → 222. 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.