Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0How Lonaconing works: jobs, income and commuting
3% of workers have no commute at all (Maryland 19%). Only 5% stay in Lonaconing for work; outside it, Cumberland is the main destination (23%, 13 miles). The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average, where Maryland has 31 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Lonaconing, in brief
Few Lonaconing workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Lonaconing are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 31 across Maryland. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Maryland worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 330 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Lonaconing
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lonaconing workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 275 commuters (the 3% 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.
Lonaconing quiets down on a workday
On a workday 315 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 214 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Lonaconing on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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 people from Lonaconing work
Where Lonaconing clocks in
23% 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 Lonaconing are in services
229 jobs are based in Lonaconing.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lonaconing, 2013 → 2023: 176 → 229. 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 Lonaconing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Lonaconing commutes less than 13 miles
About 22% 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 Lonaconing: questions
What is the median household income in Lonaconing?
$54,250 (±$19,350) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lonaconing?
20.9%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lonaconing?
23 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lonaconing work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cumberland (23%, 13 mi), Frostburg (5%, 6 mi), Cresaptown (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lonaconing without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 22% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lonaconing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lonaconing
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.