Jobs and earnings in Spring Gap, and the trip to work
Spring Gap has 10 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Maryland as a whole has 19%. Hardly any work in Spring Gap; the top destination outside it is Cumberland (30%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Spring Gap, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 10 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 39 people are in Spring Gap on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Spring Gap’s working residents head each day
Where Spring Gap clocks in
30% of workers
10% of workers
10% 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.
Working from home in Spring Gap
of Spring Gap workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 27 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Spring Gap
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 Spring Gap: questions
What is the poverty rate in Spring Gap?
26.5%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Spring Gap work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cumberland (30%, 7 mi), Frostburg (10%, 13 mi), Burgettstown (10%, 106 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spring Gap 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 Spring Gap, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Gap
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.