Mulberry Fields · Photo: E.H. Pickering · Public domainWith 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Callaway works elsewhere
The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. There are 408 jobs in Callaway, against 774 working residents. Only 2% work in Callaway itself; outside it, California draws the most (14%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Callaway stands out on work
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Callaway
70% of Callaway residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 48% of the jobs based in Callaway pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Callaway are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 31 across Maryland. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Maryland worker. Time on the road ↓
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 774 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far it is to work from Callaway
About 35% 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.
Making and building: 33% of jobs based in Callaway
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Callaway, 2013 → 2023: 289 → 408. 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 Callaway’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes to work from Callaway
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Callaway workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 457 commuters (the 21% 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.
Who commutes out of Callaway, and who commutes in
On a workday 761 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 395 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Callaway on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
The places Callaway commutes to
Where Callaway clocks in
14% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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 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 Callaway: questions
What is the median household income in Callaway?
$160,341 (±$22,395) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Callaway?
5.8%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Callaway?
23 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Callaway work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are California (14%, 5 mi), Leonardtown (8%, 7 mi), Washington (6%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Callaway without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Callaway, from the people who make the trip.
More of Callaway
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.