With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Eckhart Mines works elsewhere
Employers in Eckhart Mines report 135 jobs, and 327 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Eckhart Mines itself; outside it, Cumberland draws the most (18%, 7 miles). 0% of workers work from home (Maryland 19%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Eckhart Mines apart on work
Most Eckhart Mines residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Few Eckhart Mines workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Eckhart Mines’ working residents have a job less than 7 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 34 minutes, longer than the Maryland average of 31. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 327 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Eckhart Mines’ workers travel
About 22% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
A commute of about 34 minutes in Eckhart Mines
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eckhart Mines workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 296 commuters (the 0% 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 works in Eckhart Mines, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 325 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Eckhart Mines on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Eckhart Mines commutes to
Where Eckhart Mines clocks in
18% of workers
17% 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.
What Eckhart Mines’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eckhart Mines, 2014 → 2024: 66 → 135. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eckhart Mines’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Eckhart Mines and its neighbors: 17% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eckhart Mines workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eckhart Mines | – | — | — | 34 min | $64,100 |
| Frostburg | 17% | C− | A+ | 26 min | $52,977 |
| Clarysville | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Clarysville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Frostburg. Darker towns draw more of Eckhart Mines’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 2024, 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 Eckhart Mines: questions
What is the median household income in Eckhart Mines?
$64,100 (±$35,802) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eckhart Mines?
2.5%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eckhart Mines?
34 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eckhart Mines work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cumberland (18%, 7 mi), Frostburg (17%, 2 mi), La Vale (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Eckhart Mines without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eckhart Mines, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eckhart Mines
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.