Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Hutton

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded–Not graded
Jobs & commute in Hutton

Most of Hutton commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident

Only 3% stay in Hutton for work; outside it, Oakland is the main destination (26%, 4 miles). There are 3 jobs in Hutton; 35 of its residents have a job. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 19% across Maryland.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Hutton by day

On a workday 34 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

34live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night160
Workday130
160live here− 34head out to work+ 2come in to work= 130on a workday

About 130 people are in Hutton on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.09jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The towns that employ Hutton’s residents

Grantsville: 1 residents work here (3%)Mountain Lake Park: 2 residents work here (6%)Oakland: 9 residents work here (26%)Salisbury: 1 residents work here (3%)Frederick: 1 residents work here (3%)Baltimore: 3 residents work here (9%)Terra Alta: 1 residents work here (3%)Silver Spring Township: 1 residents work here (3%)HuttonFountainhead-Orchard Hills: 1 residents work here (3%)OaklandBaltimoreMountain Lake ParkGrantsvilleSalisburyFrederickHutton
1
Oakland4.2 mi away
26%9
2
Baltimore153.5 mi away
9%3
36%2
4
Grantsville26.2 mi away
3%1
5
Salisbury221.3 mi away
3%1
6
Frederick110.4 mi away
3%1
73%1
9
Hutton (in town)right here
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%14
The top trips

Where Hutton clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

In Hutton, services account for most jobs

Jobs based in HuttonJobs Hutton residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%26%
Trade, transport & utilities0%20%
Services: health, schools, offices100%54%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%29%
Over $3,333 a month0%57%

Who does it

29 or younger0%6%
30 to 5433%69%
55 and older67%26%
−25%

Jobs based in Hutton, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 3. 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 Hutton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Hutton

Working from home
0%

of Hutton workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Hutton gets to work
93%Drive alone
7%Carpool

Share of the 57 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.

How far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Hutton

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miOakland: 26% · 4.2 miBaltimore: 9% · 153.5 miMountain Lake Park: 6% · 5.4 miGrantsville: 3% · 26.2 miSalisbury: 3% · 221.3 miFrederick: 3% · 110.4 miTerra Alta: 3% · 4 miSilver Spring Township: 3% · 141 miFountainhead-Orchard Hills: 3% · 95.8 miOakland 26%Mountain Lake Park 6%Grantsville 3%Salisbury 3%Hutton
HuttonTop destinations (size = commuters)
58%Under 10 mi19 residents
9%10–24 mi3 residents
3%25–50 mi1 residents
30%Over 50 mi10 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Hutton: questions

What is the poverty rate in Hutton?

0.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Hutton work?

3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oakland (26%, 4 mi), Baltimore (9%, 154 mi), Mountain Lake Park (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Hutton without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 25% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Hutton, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Hutton

Hutton home →

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.