Hinchingham · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Tolchester has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Tolchester; the top destination outside it is Chestertown (26%, 8 miles). There are 4 jobs in Tolchester, and 116 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 0% of workers; Maryland has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Tolchester for work, and who comes in
On a workday 116 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Tolchester on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 Tolchester ends
Where Tolchester clocks in
5% of workers
4% 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 Tolchester
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Tolchester’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Tolchester spends getting to work: about 51 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tolchester workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 215 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.
Half of Tolchester commutes less than 11 miles
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 Tolchester: questions
What is the median household income in Tolchester?
$121,042 (±$53,371) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tolchester?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tolchester?
51 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tolchester work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chestertown (26%, 8 mi), Centreville (5%, 15 mi), Rock Hall (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tolchester without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tolchester, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tolchester
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.