Work & commute · Boonsboro

Work & commute in Boonsboro, MD

Most working residents leave Boonsboro for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Frederick (12%), Hagerstown (9%) and Ballenger Creek (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52 of 1,568 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,516 Boonsboro residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 885 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boonsboro.

1,516live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

885work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boonsboro goes to work

Frederick14 mi away

12%185

Hagerstown9.6 mi away

9%147

Ballenger Creek15.4 mi away

6%97

Baltimore57.8 mi away

3%53

Boonsboro (in town)right here

3%52

Robinwood8.2 mi away

3%45

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills12.8 mi away

1%23

San Mar3.2 mi away

1%21

Halfway9.6 mi away

1%20

Rockville39.8 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%908

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

How far

How far Boonsboro commutes

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

26%

39%

13%

22%

26%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boonsboro is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Boonsboro are

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

Jobs based in Boonsboro

937 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Boonsboro residents hold

1,568 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+6%

Jobs based in Boonsboro, 2013 → 2023: 886 → 937. 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.