Hayward's Lott · Photo: Linda Roy Walls · CC BY-SA 4.0West Pocomoke draws 446 commuters a day, with 3.3 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 11% of workers; Maryland has 19%. 448 jobs are based in West Pocomoke; 137 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in West Pocomoke; the top destination outside it is Salisbury (14%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of West Pocomoke, and who commutes in
On a workday 135 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.
About 860 people are in West Pocomoke on a workday afternoon, 57% more 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 West Pocomoke’s workforce comes from
Where West Pocomoke clocks in
14% of workers
4% 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.
81% of the jobs in West Pocomoke pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Pocomoke, 2013 → 2023: 382 → 448. 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 West Pocomoke’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From West Pocomoke, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West Pocomoke workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 241 commuters (the 11% 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.
How far West Pocomoke’s workers travel
About 41% 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.
West Pocomoke and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Pocomoke City (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | West Pocomoke workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Pocomoke | – | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Pocomoke City | 2% | C | C | 25 min | $53,203 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of West Pocomoke’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 West Pocomoke: questions
What is the poverty rate in West Pocomoke?
3.1%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from West Pocomoke?
31 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West Pocomoke work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salisbury (14%, 19 mi), Princess Anne (4%, 10 mi), Baltimore (4%, 100 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around West Pocomoke 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 West Pocomoke, from the people who make the trip.
More of West Pocomoke
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.