Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided · Public domainMost of Tilghman Island commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Tilghman Island report 125 jobs, and 312 of its residents work somewhere. About one in ten work in Tilghman Island; the top destination outside it is Easton (16%, 15 miles). For 13% of workers, the job is at home, next to 19% for Maryland as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Tilghman Island: the gist
The trip to work from Tilghman Island: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tilghman Island workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 276 commuters (the 13% 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.
Who works in Tilghman Island, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 283 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Tilghman Island on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Where Tilghman Island’s working residents head each day
Where Tilghman Island clocks in
16% of workers
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Tilghman Island
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tilghman Island, 2014 → 2024: 131 → 125. 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 Tilghman Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Tilghman Island
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 Tilghman Island: questions
What is the median household income in Tilghman Island?
$45,625 (±$27,734) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tilghman Island?
13.4%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tilghman Island?
25 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tilghman Island work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Easton (16%, 15 mi), St. Michaels (9%, 9 mi), Baltimore (5%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Tilghman Island 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 Tilghman Island, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tilghman Island
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.