Borden Mines Superintendent's House · Photo: JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Zihlman has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Zihlman report 30 jobs, and 124 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Zihlman for work; outside it, Cumberland is the main destination (23%, 8 miles). Commuters spend 29 minutes getting to work on average; Maryland averages 31, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Zihlman quiets down on a workday
On a workday 124 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Zihlman on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 Zihlman ends
Where Zihlman clocks in
23% of workers
18% 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.
Zihlman makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Zihlman, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 30. 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 Zihlman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes each way, about the MD average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Zihlman workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 121 commuters (the 24% 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 Zihlman goes to work
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.
The towns next door employ 18% of Zihlman
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Frostburg. Darker towns draw more of Zihlman’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 Zihlman: questions
What is the median household income in Zihlman?
$52,054 (±$15,054) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Zihlman?
11.8%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Zihlman?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Zihlman work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cumberland (23%, 8 mi), Frostburg (18%, 2 mi), Baltimore (4%, 126 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Zihlman without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Zihlman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Zihlman
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.