Potomac Park has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Potomac Park report 24 jobs; 259 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Potomac Park itself; outside it, Cumberland draws the most (30%, 4 miles). At home: 5% of workers have no commute at all (Maryland 19%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Potomac Park
Potomac Park is a place people come home to
There are 24 jobs based in Potomac Park, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Potomac Park and Cumberland trade workers both ways
Cumberland is the top workplace for Potomac Park residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Potomac Park come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Potomac Park residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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 259 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Potomac Park by day
On a workday 257 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Potomac Park 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Potomac Park ends
Where Potomac Park clocks in
30% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Potomac Park
About 28% 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.
What Potomac Park’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Potomac Park, 2013 → 2023: 113 → 24. 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 Potomac Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Potomac Park
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Potomac Park workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 364 commuters (the 5% 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.
Potomac Park and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Cresaptown (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Potomac Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potomac Park | – | — | — | 22 min | $53,221 |
| Bowling Green | 1% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Cresaptown | 4% | B | B+ | 21 min | $68,370 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bowling Green: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Potomac Park’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 Potomac Park: questions
What is the median household income in Potomac Park?
$53,221 (±$12,628) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Potomac Park?
17.3%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Potomac Park?
22 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Potomac Park work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cumberland (30%, 4 mi), Frostburg (5%, 7 mi), Baltimore (5%, 119 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Potomac Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Potomac Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Potomac Park
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.