Whaleyville has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Poverty touches 3.0% of residents, where Maryland as a whole has 9.4%. Whaleyville has 3 jobs; 108 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Whaleyville itself; outside it, Ocean City draws the most (19%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Whaleyville
On a workday 108 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 93 people are in Whaleyville on a workday afternoon, 53% 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 Whaleyville ends
Where Whaleyville clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
67% of the jobs in Whaleyville pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whaleyville, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 3. 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 Whaleyville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Whaleyville
of Whaleyville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 103 commuters (the 20% 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 many miles Whaleyville commutes
About 22% 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 Whaleyville: questions
What is the median household income in Whaleyville?
$115,288 (±$67,766) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whaleyville?
3.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Whaleyville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ocean City (19%, 12 mi), Berlin (9%, 6 mi), Salisbury (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Whaleyville without a car?
23% 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 Whaleyville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whaleyville
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.