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Jobs & commute in Edesville

Jobs, income and commuting in Edesville, MD

Hardly any work in Edesville itself; outside it, Chestertown draws the most (17%, 8 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Maryland as a whole has 19%. Edesville has 59 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Edesville by day

On a workday 59 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

59live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night34
Workday0
34live here− 59head out to work+ 0come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Edesville on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

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 commute map

Out of Edesville to work: where people go

Newport: 1 residents work here (2%)Cheswold: 1 residents work here (2%)New Castle: 1 residents work here (2%)Smyrna: 1 residents work here (2%)Milford: 1 residents work here (2%)Newark: 1 residents work here (2%)Galena: 2 residents work here (3%)Rock Hall: 6 residents work here (10%)Chestertown: 10 residents work here (17%)Baltimore: 7 residents work here (12%)EdesvilleChestertownBaltimoreRock HallGalenaNewportCheswoldEdesville
1
Chestertown8.4 mi away
17%10
2
Baltimore23.8 mi away
12%7
3
Rock Hall2 mi away
10%6
4
Galena21.9 mi away
3%2
5
Newport, DE50.4 mi away
2%1
6
Cheswold, DE33.5 mi away
2%1
7
New Castle, DE49.4 mi away
2%1
8
Smyrna, DE33.5 mi away
2%1
9
Milford, DE45.4 mi away
2%1
10
Newark, DE43.4 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%28
The top trips

Where Edesville clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Edesville

Working from home
0%

of Edesville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Edesville gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 13 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.

How far

Near or far: the trip to work from Edesville

10 mi25 mi50 mi60 miChestertown: 17% · 8.4 miBaltimore: 12% · 23.8 miRock Hall: 10% · 2 miGalena: 3% · 21.9 miNewport: 2% · 50.4 miCheswold: 2% · 33.5 miNew Castle: 2% · 49.4 miSmyrna: 2% · 33.5 miMilford: 2% · 45.4 miNewark: 2% · 43.4 miChestertown 17%Baltimore 12%Rock Hall 10%Galena 3%Newport 2%Edesville
EdesvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
32%Under 10 mi18 residents
20%10–24 mi11 residents
25%25–50 mi14 residents
23%Over 50 mi13 residents

About 23% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Edesville: questions

What is the poverty rate in Edesville?

20.6%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Edesville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chestertown (17%, 8 mi), Baltimore (12%, 24 mi), Rock Hall (10%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Edesville 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 Edesville, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Edesville

Edesville home →

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.