Photo: User:Daveblack · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 2.3 jobs in Lisbon for every working resident, and 253 people commute in
Hardly any work in Lisbon; the top destination outside it is Baltimore (13%, 25 miles). Lisbon has 253 jobs for 110 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 19% for Maryland as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Lisbon
On a workday 110 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 270 people are in Lisbon on a workday afternoon, 113% more than live here.
2.3 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.
The daily trip into Lisbon
Where Lisbon clocks in
13% 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.
What Lisbon’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lisbon, 2013 → 2023: 304 → 253. 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 Lisbon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Lisbon
of Lisbon workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 76 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 Lisbon goes to work
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 Lisbon: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lisbon?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lisbon work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baltimore (13%, 25 mi), Columbia (10%, 15 mi), Ellicott City (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lisbon 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 Lisbon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lisbon
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.