Holly Hill · Photo: John O. Brostrup · Public domainMost of Friendship commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 9% of workers (Maryland 19%). There are 12 jobs in Friendship for 150 working residents. Only 1% work in Friendship; the top destination outside it is Parole (8%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Friendship on a workday
On a workday 148 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Friendship on a workday afternoon, 50% 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 Friendship’s working residents head each day
Where Friendship clocks in
5% 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.
Goods, not services: 58% of the jobs in Friendship
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Friendship, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 12. 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 Friendship’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Friendship: about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Friendship workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 115 commuters (the 9% 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 Friendship commutes less than 23 miles
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 Friendship compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Friendship workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship | – | — | — | 41 min | $154,792 |
| Owings | under 2% | A+ | B | 34 min | $176,378 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Friendship’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 Friendship: questions
What is the median household income in Friendship?
$154,792 (±$98,567) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Friendship?
3.2%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Friendship?
41 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Friendship work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parole (8%, 18 mi), Washington (5%, 26 mi), Baltimore (5%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Friendship without a car?
8% 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 Friendship, from the people who make the trip.
More of Friendship
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.