Work & commute · White Marsh

Work & commute in White Marsh, MD

Most working residents leave White Marsh for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (29%), Towson (7%) and Cockeysville (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

195 of 5,149 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,954 White Marsh residents head out of town to work, 195 work right here, and 8,782 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Marsh.

4,954live here, work elsewhere

195live and work here

8,782work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Marsh goes to work

Baltimore9.9 mi away

29%1,476

Towson8.7 mi away

7%344

White Marsh (in town)right here

4%195

Cockeysville11.4 mi away

4%189

Rossville2 mi away

4%185

Perry Hall2.1 mi away

2%119

Middle River3.2 mi away

2%107

Columbia24.8 mi away

2%86

Carney3.9 mi away

2%85

Dundalk8.1 mi away

2%78

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%2,285

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

How far

How far White Marsh commutes

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

45%

40%

11%

45%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Marsh is a job hub

1.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White Marsh are

8,977 jobs are based in White Marsh. Here is what they are, next to the jobs White Marsh’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in White Marsh

8,977 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs White Marsh residents hold

5,149 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−19%

Jobs based in White Marsh, 2013 → 2023: 11,146 → 8,977. 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.