Most of Parsonsburg commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers have no commute at all, where Maryland as a whole has 19%. There are 50 jobs in Parsonsburg; 142 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Parsonsburg for work; outside it, Salisbury is the main destination (23%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Parsonsburg
On a workday 142 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere.
About 74 people are in Parsonsburg on a workday afternoon, 55% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Parsonsburg’s working residents head each day
Where Parsonsburg 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.
Factories, building and farms: 52% of the jobs in Parsonsburg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parsonsburg, 2014 → 2024: 51 → 50. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Parsonsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Parsonsburg
of Parsonsburg workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 89 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 it is to work from Parsonsburg
About 25% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Parsonsburg: questions
What is the poverty rate in Parsonsburg?
13.3%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Parsonsburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salisbury (23%, 6 mi), Ocean City (6%, 22 mi), Berlin (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Parsonsburg 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 Parsonsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parsonsburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.