Work & commute · Elk Lick

Work & commute in Elk Lick, PA

Most working residents leave Elk Lick for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Grantsville (12%), Somerset (5%) and Summit (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 748 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 706 Elk Lick residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 212 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elk Lick.

706live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

212work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elk Lick goes to work

Grantsville, MD5.7 mi away

12%88

Elk Lick (in town)right here

6%42

Somerset15.9 mi away

5%39

Summit5.5 mi away

4%28

Cumberland, MD21.6 mi away

4%27

Salisbury3 mi away

3%26

Pittsburgh63.9 mi away

2%18

Frostburg, MD13.9 mi away

2%17

Meyersdale6 mi away

2%14

Somerset17.2 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%436

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

How far

How far Elk Lick commutes

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

33%

21%

10%

36%

33%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elk Lick is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elk Lick are

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

Jobs based in Elk Lick

254 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Elk Lick residents hold

748 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+33%

Jobs based in Elk Lick, 2013 → 2023: 191 → 254. 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.