Glen Oak Hotel · Photo: Linda Roy Walls · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 1.9 jobs in Hurlock for every working resident, and 1,884 people commute in
5% of workers have no commute at all, where Maryland as a whole has 19%. Hurlock has 1,968 jobs for 1,014 working residents. The two grades for Hurlock are C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hurlock at work: what stands out
Hurlock makes and builds things
86% of the jobs based in Hurlock are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hurlock residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Jobs in Hurlock have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Hurlock went from 976 in 2013 to 1,968 in 2023, +102%. The jobs ↓
Hurlock is where the jobs are
Hurlock has 1,968 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,100 people are in town, 45% more than the 2,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Many of the people who work in Hurlock live in another state
Seaford, DE (7%), Laurel, DE (2%) and Blades, DE (1%) are among the top places Hurlock’s workers come from. Counting only the top ten home towns, 12% of the jobs here are held by people from out of state. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Hurlock
59% of Hurlock residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 37% of the jobs based in Hurlock pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Hurlock’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hurlock is better than 24% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Hurlock’s grade up (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hurlock could be anywhere from D to B.
Factories, building and farms: 86% of the jobs in Hurlock
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hurlock, 2013 → 2023: 976 → 1,968. 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 Hurlock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Hurlock, and who commutes in
On a workday 930 residents head out to work and 84 work right here.
About 3,100 people are in Hurlock on a workday afternoon, 45% more than live here.
1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 the people who work in Hurlock live
Where Hurlock clocks in
10% 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.
The trip to work from Hurlock: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hurlock workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,077 commuters (the 5% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Hurlock
About 30% 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.
In Hurlock, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hurlock is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.0% across Maryland, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,134 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 14.3% of Hurlock households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hurlock’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hurlock is 3,784th of 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Cabin John MD | 2,179 | $250K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Colmar Manor MD | 1,590 | $123K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,782 | Isabella Township MI | 2,196 | $62K | 13.1% | 3.9% | 3% | C− |
| 3,783 | Heceta Beach OR | 2,651 | $80K | 12.9% | 15.5% | <1% | C− |
| 3,784 | Hurlock MD | 2,123 | $59K | 18.2% | 4.5% | 8% | C− |
| 3,785 | Fort Plain NY | 2,005 | $35K | 18.5% | 2.0% | 10% | C− |
| 3,786 | Ford City PA | 2,750 | $58K | 17.4% | 5.1% | 8% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hurlock, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
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 Hurlock: questions
What is the median household income in Hurlock?
$58,511 (±$9,289) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hurlock?
18.2%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hurlock?
28 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hurlock work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Easton (10%, 15 mi), Cambridge (9%, 12 mi), Baltimore (5%, 61 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hurlock walkable?
Hurlock is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hurlock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hurlock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hurlock
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.