Hopeful Unity · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Worton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Employers in Worton report 18 jobs for 75 working residents. Hardly any work in Worton; the top destination outside it is Chestertown (25%, 4 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, against 19% across Maryland.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Worton on a workday afternoon
On a workday 75 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 69 people are in Worton on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 people from Worton work
Where Worton clocks in
3% of workers
3% 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.
What Worton’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Worton, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 18. 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 Worton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Worton: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Worton workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 106 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.
Miles to work from Worton
About 17% 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.
Worton and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Worton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worton | – | — | — | 20 min | $90,982 |
| Butlertown | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Butlertown: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Worton’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 Worton: questions
What is the median household income in Worton?
$90,982 (±$40,281) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Worton?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Worton?
20 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Worton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chestertown (25%, 4 mi), Middletown (3%, 23 mi), Rock Hall (3%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Worton 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 Worton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Worton
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.