Work & commute · Brunswick

Work & commute in Brunswick, MD

Most working residents leave Brunswick for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Frederick (16%), Ballenger Creek (7%) and Rockville (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

144 of 3,793 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 3,649 Brunswick residents head out of town to work, 144 work right here, and 856 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brunswick.

3,649live here, work elsewhere

144live and work here

856work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brunswick goes to work

Frederick14.1 mi away

16%607

Ballenger Creek11.8 mi away

7%262

Rockville29.9 mi away

4%158

Brunswick (in town)right here

4%144

Gaithersburg25.8 mi away

3%121

Baltimore54.3 mi away

3%100

Washington, DC43.4 mi away

3%95

Columbia41.8 mi away

2%84

Bethesda35.5 mi away

2%81

Leesburg, VA15 mi away

2%74

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%2,067

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

How far

How far Brunswick commutes

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

42%

37%

13%

9%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brunswick is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brunswick are

1,000 jobs are based in Brunswick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brunswick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brunswick

1,000 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Brunswick residents hold

3,793 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+29%

Jobs based in Brunswick, 2013 → 2023: 776 → 1,000. 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.