Work & commute · Hagerstown

Work & commute in Hagerstown, IN

Most working residents leave Hagerstown for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (21%), New Castle (3%) and Muncie (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

142 of 804 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 662 Hagerstown residents head out of town to work, 142 work right here, and 651 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hagerstown.

662live here, work elsewhere

142live and work here

651work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hagerstown goes to work

Richmond15.1 mi away

21%170

Hagerstown (in town)right here

18%142

New Castle11.4 mi away

3%28

Muncie23.4 mi away

3%23

Jefferson0.4 mi away

3%22

Jackson6.2 mi away

3%22

Center53.1 mi away

2%20

Connersville17.7 mi away

2%18

Henry12.2 mi away

2%18

Washington52.5 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%329

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Hagerstown commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

27%

42%

22%

27%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hagerstown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hagerstown are

793 jobs are based in Hagerstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hagerstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hagerstown

793 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Hagerstown residents hold

804 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+5%

Jobs based in Hagerstown, 2013 → 2023: 754 → 793. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.