Most of Finzel commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 18 jobs in Finzel, and 227 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Finzel for work; outside it, Cumberland is the main destination (10%, 11 miles). Commuters spend 30 minutes getting to work on average, where Maryland has 31 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Finzel
Finzel quiets down on a workday
On a workday 227 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Finzel on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 Finzel’s working residents head each day
Where Finzel clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
Finzel is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Finzel, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 18. 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 Finzel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Finzel: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Finzel workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 263 commuters (the 25% 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.
Half of Finzel commutes less than 14 miles
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.
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 Finzel: questions
What is the median household income in Finzel?
$115,343 (±$34,079) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Finzel?
5.1%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Finzel?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Finzel work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cumberland (10%, 11 mi), Grantsville (7%, 11 mi), Frostburg (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Finzel 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 Finzel, from the people who make the trip.
More of Finzel
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.