Photo: Daedal45 · CC BY-SA 4.0Union Bridge has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
8% of workers have no commute at all, next to 19% for Maryland as a whole. 222 jobs are based in Union Bridge; 523 of its residents have a job. Only 6% stay in Union Bridge for work; outside it, Westminster is the main destination (9%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Union Bridge
Time on the road from Union Bridge: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Union Bridge workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 495 commuters (the 8% 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.
Union Bridge on a workday afternoon
On a workday 491 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 190 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Union Bridge on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 Union Bridge goes to work
Where Union Bridge clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
Goods jobs make up 33% of work in Union Bridge
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Union Bridge, 2013 → 2023: 146 → 222. 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 Union Bridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Union Bridge’s workers travel
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 Union Bridge: questions
What is the median household income in Union Bridge?
$76,250 (±$18,368) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Union Bridge?
14.9%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Union Bridge?
36 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Union Bridge work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Westminster (9%, 9 mi), Baltimore (7%, 35 mi), Frederick (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Union Bridge 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 Union Bridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Union Bridge
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.