Most of Girdletree commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
1 jobs are based in Girdletree; 60 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Girdletree itself; outside it, Salisbury draws the most (18%, 22 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Maryland has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Girdletree
On a workday 60 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18 people are in Girdletree on a workday afternoon, 77% 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 Girdletree’s working residents head each day
Where Girdletree clocks in
18% of workers
8% 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.
Most jobs in Girdletree are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Girdletree’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Girdletree
of Girdletree workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 49 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Girdletree
About 29% 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 Girdletree: questions
What is the poverty rate in Girdletree?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Girdletree work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salisbury (18%, 22 mi), Snow Hill (8%, 5 mi), Pocomoke City (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Girdletree 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 Girdletree, from the people who make the trip.
More of Girdletree
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.