Vale Summit has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Vale Summit itself; outside it, Frostburg draws the most (20%, 3 miles). There are 27 jobs in Vale Summit for 51 working residents. 0% of workers work from home, next to 19% for Maryland as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Vale Summit
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 68 people are in Vale Summit on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 Vale Summit ends
Where Vale Summit clocks in
20% of workers
16% 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 Vale Summit: what the 27 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vale Summit, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 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 Vale Summit’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Vale Summit
of Vale Summit workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 69 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 Vale Summit commutes less than 7 miles
About 29% 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 Vale Summit: questions
What is the poverty rate in Vale Summit?
39.1%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Vale Summit work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frostburg (20%, 3 mi), Cumberland (16%, 8 mi), Cresaptown (12%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vale Summit without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vale Summit, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vale Summit
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.