Gorman has 1.8 jobs for every working resident: 49 people commute in to work
Hardly any work in Gorman itself; outside it, Oakland draws the most (26%, 9 miles). Employers in Gorman report 49 jobs, and 27 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 19% across Maryland.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Gorman fills up on a workday
On a workday 27 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 120 people are in Gorman on a workday afternoon, 22% more 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.
Commuting in to Gorman: where workers come from
Where Gorman clocks in
26% of workers
7% 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.
69% of the jobs in Gorman pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gorman, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 49. 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 Gorman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Gorman
of Gorman workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 83 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.
The commute from Gorman, by distance
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Gorman workers work outside Maryland. The job records count 15% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Gorman: questions
What is the poverty rate in Gorman?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Gorman work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oakland (26%, 9 mi), Mountain Lake Park (7%, 8 mi), Accident (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gorman 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 Gorman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gorman
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.