Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Accident
Only 4% work in Accident itself; outside it, Oakland draws the most (13%, 15 miles). 8% of workers work from home (Maryland 19%). Working residents average 17 minutes each way, where Maryland has 31 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Accident
On a workday 112 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 173 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Accident on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Accident’s workforce comes from
Where Accident clocks in
13% of workers
5% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Making and building: 68% of jobs based in Accident
178 jobs are based in Accident.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Accident, 2013 → 2023: 351 → 178. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Accident’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 17 minutes from Accident
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Accident workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 162 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Accident’s workers travel
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Accident: questions
What is the median household income in Accident?
$58,929 (±$36,705) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Accident?
23.9%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Accident?
17 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Accident work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oakland (13%, 15 mi), Friendsville (5%, 5 mi), Baltimore (5%, 146 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Accident without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Accident, from the people who make the trip.
More of Accident
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.