Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Where Nikep earns its living
Hardly any work in Nikep itself; outside it, Frostburg draws the most (7%, 8 miles). 0% of workers work from home (Maryland 19%). No jobs are based in Nikep in the Census job records; 43 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Nikep: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 43 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Nikep on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Out of Nikep to work: where people go
Where Nikep clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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.
Working from home in Nikep
of Nikep workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 194 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 Nikep’s workers travel
About 21% 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.
Nikep and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nikep workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikep | – | — | — | — | — |
| Detmold | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Detmold: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Nikep’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 Nikep: questions
What is the poverty rate in Nikep?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Nikep work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frostburg (7%, 8 mi), Cumberland (7%, 14 mi), Lonaconing (5%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Nikep 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 Nikep, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nikep
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.