Work & commute · Maryland

Work & commute in Maryland, NY

Most working residents leave Maryland for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Otsego (11%), Oneonta (9%) and New York (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 752 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 696 Maryland residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maryland.

696live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

98work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maryland goes to work

Otsego15.2 mi away

11%86

Oneonta12.2 mi away

9%71

Maryland (in town)right here

7%56

New York139 mi away

7%50

Oneonta14.8 mi away

7%50

Albany54.9 mi away

3%25

Milford5.8 mi away

3%23

Cobleskill23.5 mi away

3%20

Delhi19.4 mi away

2%14

Davenport6.9 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%343

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

How far

How far Maryland commutes

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

19%

36%

15%

30%

19%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maryland is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Maryland are

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

Jobs based in Maryland

154 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Maryland residents hold

752 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−9%

Jobs based in Maryland, 2013 → 2023: 170 → 154. 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.