With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of National works elsewhere
Employers in National report 3 jobs, against 21 working residents. Hardly any work in National itself; outside it, Cumberland draws the most (19%, 10 miles). 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
National quiets down on a workday
On a workday 21 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 46 people are in National on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Commuting out of National: the destinations
Where National clocks in
19% 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 kinds of work in National
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 National’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in National
of National workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18 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.
National’s commute, mile by mile
About 29% 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.
Next door to National
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | National workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | – | — | — | — | $33,864 |
| Woodland | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
| Shaft | under 5% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Ocean | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Woodland, Shaft and Ocean: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of National’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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of National workers work outside Maryland. The job records count 30% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in National: questions
What is the median household income in National?
$33,864 (±$24,537) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in National?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in National work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cumberland (19%, 10 mi), Cresaptown (10%, 6 mi), Washington (5%, 114 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around National without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 31% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from National, from the people who make the trip.
More of National
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.