Photo: Bluesnote · CC BY-SA 4.0Port Deposit has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 110 jobs in Port Deposit for 263 working residents. Only 1% work in Port Deposit itself; outside it, Perryville draws the most (8%, 3 miles). 8% of workers have no commute at all; Maryland has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Port Deposit, and who commutes in
On a workday 260 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Port Deposit on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Out of Port Deposit to work: where people go
Where Port Deposit clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Port Deposit
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Port Deposit, 2014 → 2024: 90 → 110. 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 Port Deposit’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Port Deposit: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Port Deposit workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 258 commuters (the 8% 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.
Port Deposit’s commute, mile by mile
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 Port Deposit: questions
What is the median household income in Port Deposit?
$58,750 (±$22,454) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Port Deposit?
20.6%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Port Deposit?
32 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Port Deposit work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Perryville (8%, 3 mi), Baltimore (5%, 35 mi), Elkton (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Port Deposit without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Port Deposit, from the people who make the trip.
More of Port Deposit
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.