Photo: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0Sharptown has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Sharptown; the top destination outside it is Salisbury (29%, 13 miles). Employers in Sharptown report 27 jobs, and 284 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, where Maryland as a whole has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Sharptown in brief
Sharptown is a place people come home to
There are 27 jobs based in Sharptown, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sharptown has about 440 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
29% of Sharptown works in Salisbury
83 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Salisbury, 13 miles away. That’s 29 times as many as work in Sharptown itself. 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 284 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Sharptown, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 282 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Sharptown on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 Sharptown ends
Where Sharptown clocks in
29% of workers
2% 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.
Jobs in Sharptown: what the 27 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sharptown, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 27. 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 Sharptown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Sharptown, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sharptown workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 427 commuters (the 7% 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.
Sharptown’s commute, mile by mile
About 27% 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 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 Sharptown: questions
What is the median household income in Sharptown?
$85,938 (±$4,504) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sharptown?
5.6%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sharptown?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sharptown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salisbury (29%, 13 mi), Cambridge (3%, 19 mi), Seaford (2%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sharptown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sharptown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sharptown
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.