Breakneck Road Historic District · Photo: J. Brough Schamp, HABS photographer · Public domainMost of Flintstone commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% stay in Flintstone for work; outside it, Cumberland is the main destination (34%, 10 miles). Flintstone has 17 jobs; 41 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 19% for Maryland as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Flintstone, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 40 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Flintstone on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
The towns that employ Flintstone’s residents
Where Flintstone clocks in
34% of workers
2% 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.
Flintstone is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flintstone, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 17. 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 Flintstone’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Flintstone
of Flintstone workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4 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.
Half of Flintstone commutes less than 12 miles
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.
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 Flintstone: questions
What is the poverty rate in Flintstone?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Flintstone work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cumberland (34%, 10 mi), Mountain Lake Park (2%, 48 mi), Hancock (2%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Flintstone 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 Flintstone, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flintstone
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.