Work & commute · Ballenger Creek

Work & commute in Ballenger Creek, MD

Most working residents leave Ballenger Creek for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Frederick (18%), Rockville (6%) and Gaithersburg (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,439 of 12,701 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,262 Ballenger Creek residents head out of town to work, 1,439 work right here, and 21,260 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ballenger Creek.

11,262live here, work elsewhere

1,439live and work here

21,260work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ballenger Creek goes to work

Frederick4 mi away

18%2,231

Ballenger Creek (in town)right here

11%1,439

Rockville25 mi away

6%719

Gaithersburg20.1 mi away

5%610

Baltimore43.6 mi away

3%388

Washington, DC39.4 mi away

3%341

Germantown16.6 mi away

2%295

North Bethesda28.7 mi away

2%282

Bethesda31.6 mi away

2%256

Columbia32.5 mi away

2%228

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%5,912

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

How far

How far Ballenger Creek commutes

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

35%

22%

36%

35%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ballenger Creek is a job hub

1.79jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ballenger Creek are

22,699 jobs are based in Ballenger Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ballenger Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ballenger Creek

22,699 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Ballenger Creek residents hold

12,701 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+31%

Jobs based in Ballenger Creek, 2013 → 2023: 17,304 → 22,699. 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.