Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Friendsville commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Friendsville for work; outside it, Oakland is the main destination (14%, 17 miles). Friendsville has 102 jobs, and 192 of its residents work somewhere. Working residents average 38 minutes each way; Maryland averages 31, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Friendsville on a workday
On a workday 191 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Friendsville on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 towns that employ Friendsville’s residents
Where Friendsville clocks in
14% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
In Friendsville, 34% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Friendsville, 2014 → 2024: 85 → 102. 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 Friendsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Friendsville: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Friendsville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 141 commuters (the 14% 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.
Where in the region Friendsville works
About 19% 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.
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 Friendsville: questions
What is the median household income in Friendsville?
$46,053 (±$14,884) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Friendsville?
28.1%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Friendsville?
38 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Friendsville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oakland (14%, 17 mi), Accident (5%, 5 mi), Mountain Lake Park (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Friendsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 22% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Friendsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Friendsville
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.