Work & commute · Fairplay

Work & commute in Fairplay, MD

Most working residents leave Fairplay for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hagerstown (15%), Frederick (6%) and Halfway (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 240 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 240 Fairplay residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairplay.

240live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairplay goes to work

Hagerstown7.2 mi away

15%36

Frederick19.1 mi away

6%14

Halfway5.7 mi away

4%10

Robinwood7.7 mi away

3%8

St. James2.6 mi away

3%6

Rockville44.4 mi away

2%5

Baltimore62.8 mi away

2%5

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills10.6 mi away

2%5

Ballenger Creek20.4 mi away

2%5

Washington, DC58.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%142

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

How far

How far Fairplay commutes

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

48%

17%

12%

24%

48%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairplay is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairplay are

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

Jobs based in Fairplay

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Fairplay residents hold

240 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+25%

Jobs based in Fairplay, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 20. 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.