Despite significant and expected cross-county commuting within the Washington D.C. metro, relatively few people commute from Baltimore, despite good transportation connections and relatively less expensive housing.
If you work in Washington, D.C., is Elon Musk's hyperloop tunnel proposal enough to get you to move to Baltimore? Are low housing prices worth the commute? Greater Greater Washington recently looked at commuting patterns from Baltimore to Washington, D.C.
Fewer than 5,000 people commute from the city of Baltimore to work in Washington D.C., according to Census data from 2009-2013. Cross-county commuting is quite common within the D.C. region however. The Greater Greater Washington post includes graphics and an interactive link as well. Worth checking out.
FULL STORY: How many people commute between Baltimore and DC?
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