Bishopville has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Bishopville for work; outside it, Ocean City is the main destination (14%, 8 miles). Bishopville has 43 jobs, against 215 working residents. For 12% of workers, the job is at home, against 19% across Maryland.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bishopville at work: what stands out
Commutes from Bishopville are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 31 across Maryland. That’s about 123 hours a year less on the road than the typical Maryland worker. Time on the road ↓
Bishopville is a place people come home to
There are 43 jobs based in Bishopville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bishopville has about 340 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 215 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Each way, about 15 minutes from Bishopville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bishopville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 343 commuters (the 12% 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.
A workday in Bishopville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 213 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Bishopville on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
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 the trip to work from Bishopville ends
Where Bishopville clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
What Bishopville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bishopville, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 43. 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 Bishopville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Bishopville
About 26% 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 Bishopville: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bishopville?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bishopville?
15 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bishopville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ocean City (14%, 8 mi), Salisbury (9%, 21 mi), Berlin (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bishopville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bishopville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bishopville
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.