Photo: Roberto221 · CC BY-SA 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Pomfret
Hardly any stay in Pomfret for work; outside it, Washington is the main destination (18%, 23 miles). Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers; Maryland has 19%. A typical one-way commute lasts 45 minutes, 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
Work in Pomfret, in a few figures
Pomfret workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 45 minutes each way, against 31 across Maryland. Over a year that’s about 345 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Pomfret’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pomfret is Washington, DC, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (41) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Pomfret workers cross into Washington, D.C.
32% of Pomfret workers work outside Maryland, most of them in Washington, D.C., the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
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 225 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting from Pomfret: about 45 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pomfret workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 258 commuters (the 4% 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 Pomfret goes to work
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.
The places Pomfret commutes to
Where Pomfret clocks in
18% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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 daily flow of workers through Pomfret
On a workday 225 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 261 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Pomfret
261 jobs are based in Pomfret.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pomfret, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 261. 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 Pomfret’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Work in the towns next to Pomfret
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Pomfret’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 Pomfret: questions
What is the median household income in Pomfret?
$118,914 (±$47,223) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pomfret?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pomfret?
45 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pomfret work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (18%, 23 mi), Waldorf (8%, 7 mi), La Plata (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pomfret 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 Pomfret, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pomfret
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.