Photo: Taylor Sullivan · CC BY-SA 3.0Baltimore has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
10% of workers have no commute at all, where Vermont as a whole has 17%. Baltimore has 7 jobs, against 93 working residents. Hardly any work in Baltimore itself; outside it, Ludlow draws the most (24%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Baltimore
On a workday 93 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Baltimore on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 Baltimore work
Where Baltimore clocks in
14% of workers
13% 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.
Baltimore makes things: 43% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baltimore, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 7. 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 Baltimore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Baltimore’s commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Baltimore workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 222 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Vermont: 82% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Baltimore
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.
Bordering towns draw 13% of Baltimore’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Baltimore workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore | – | — | — | 21 min | $107,500 |
| Cavendish | 13% | B− | B− | 19 min | $89,063 |
| Weathersfield | under 3% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $83,095 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cavendish. Darker towns draw more of Baltimore’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 Baltimore: questions
What is the median household income in Baltimore?
$107,500 (±$15,622) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baltimore?
1.1%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baltimore?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baltimore work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ludlow (24%, 8 mi), Springfield (14%, 6 mi), Cavendish (13%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Baltimore 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 Baltimore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Baltimore
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.