Detmold has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
3 jobs are based in Detmold, against 27 working residents. Hardly any work in Detmold; the top destination outside it is Lonaconing (15%, 1 miles). Below the poverty line: 44.0% of residents (Maryland 9.4%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Detmold, and who commutes in
On a workday 27 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 92 people are in Detmold on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 Detmold goes to work
Where Detmold clocks in
15% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Detmold
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Detmold’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Detmold
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.
Detmold and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Detmold workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detmold | – | — | — | — | $53,423 |
| Nikep | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Nikep: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Detmold’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Detmold: questions
What is the median household income in Detmold?
$53,423 (±$24,923) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Detmold?
44.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Detmold work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lonaconing (15%, 1 mi), Cumberland (11%, 14 mi), Frostburg (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Detmold, from the people who make the trip.
More of Detmold
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.