Photo: Alainmoscoso · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Luke works elsewhere
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 19% for Maryland as a whole. There are 9 jobs in Luke; 26 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Luke for work; outside it, Cumberland is the main destination (27%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Luke, and who commutes in
On a workday 26 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 65 people are in Luke on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer 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.
The places Luke commutes to
Where Luke clocks in
27% of workers
8% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 33% of the jobs in Luke
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Luke, 2013 → 2023: 715 → 9. 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 Luke’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Luke
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Luke workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 46 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Luke
About 23% 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.
Luke and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Piedmont (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Luke workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke | – | — | — | 25 min | $81,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Luke’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Luke: questions
What is the median household income in Luke?
$81,250 (±$56,871) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Luke?
2.2%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Luke?
25 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Luke work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cumberland (27%, 20 mi), La Vale (8%, 18 mi), Westernport (4%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Luke 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 Luke, from the people who make the trip.
More of Luke
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.