Work & commute · West Pocomoke

Work & commute in West Pocomoke, MD

Most working residents leave West Pocomoke for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Salisbury (14%), Princess Anne (4%) and Baltimore (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 137 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 135 West Pocomoke residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 446 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Pocomoke.

135live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

446work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Pocomoke goes to work

Salisbury19.3 mi away

14%19

Princess Anne9.8 mi away

4%5

Baltimore100 mi away

4%5

Pocomoke City2.6 mi away

2%3

Towson105.7 mi away

2%3

Crisfield17.1 mi away

1%2

Fruitland15.6 mi away

1%2

Ocean City35.1 mi away

1%2

Easton54 mi away

1%2

West Pocomoke (in town)right here

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%92

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

How far

How far West Pocomoke commutes

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

17%

33%

41%

17%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Pocomoke is a job hub

3.27jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in West Pocomoke are

448 jobs are based in West Pocomoke. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Pocomoke’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Pocomoke

448 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities93%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs West Pocomoke residents hold

137 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+17%

Jobs based in West Pocomoke, 2013 → 2023: 382 → 448. 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.