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Work & commute · Wildewood

Work & commute in Wildewood, MD

Most working residents leave Wildewood for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are California (14%), Leonardtown (10%) and Washington (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
122 of 2,966 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
37 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 2,844 Wildewood residents head out of town to work, 122 work right here, and 2,038 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wildewood.

2,844live here, work elsewhere
122live and work here
2,038work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Wildewood goes to work

WashingtonLeonardtownBaltimoreDrum PointSolomonsWildewoodGolden BeachPrince FrederickChesapeake Ranch EstatesCallawayLexington ParkParoleCaliforniaWaldorfCaliforniaLeonardtownWashingtonLexington ParkBaltimoreWaldorfPrince FrederickParoleSolomonsWildewood
1
California3 mi away
14%413
2
Leonardtown5.1 mi away
10%306
3
Washington, DC48.4 mi away
5%145
4
Wildewood (in town)right here
4%122
5
Lexington Park6.9 mi away
4%108
6
Baltimore68.7 mi away
2%71
7
Waldorf29 mi away
2%68
8
Prince Frederick16.5 mi away
2%61
9
Parole47 mi away
1%43
10
Solomons5.1 mi away
1%38
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%1,591

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

How far

How far Wildewood commutes

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

48%Under 10 mi
8%10–24 mi
20%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Wildewood is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wildewood are

2,160 jobs are based in Wildewood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wildewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wildewood

2,160 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)3%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)85%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Wildewood residents hold

2,966 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)76%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%
Over $3,333 a month70%
+19%

Jobs based in Wildewood, 2013 → 2023: 1,808 → 2,160. 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.

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