Crellin has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 1% work in Crellin itself; outside it, Oakland draws the most (26%, 4 miles). 27 jobs are based in Crellin; 86 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 21% of workers, where Maryland as a whole has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Crellin
On a workday 85 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Crellin on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 Crellin ends
Where Crellin clocks in
26% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Crellin
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crellin, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 27. 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 Crellin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Crellin
of Crellin workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 96 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.
Where in the region Crellin works
About 34% 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 Crellin: questions
What is the poverty rate in Crellin?
11.5%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Crellin work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oakland (26%, 4 mi), Mountain Lake Park (3%, 5 mi), Grantsville (2%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crellin 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 Crellin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crellin
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.