Work & commute · Garretts Mill

Work & commute in Garretts Mill, MD

Most working residents leave Garretts Mill for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Frederick (18%), Hagerstown (7%) and Baltimore (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 96 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 96 Garretts Mill residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garretts Mill.

96live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

21work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garretts Mill goes to work

Frederick15.9 mi away

18%17

Hagerstown19.8 mi away

7%7

Baltimore57.8 mi away

5%5

Rockville34.1 mi away

4%4

Ballenger Creek14.5 mi away

3%3

New Market22.4 mi away

2%2

Boonsboro10.8 mi away

2%2

Robinwood18.9 mi away

2%2

Wheaton39.8 mi away

2%2

Waldorf65.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%50

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

How far

How far Garretts Mill commutes

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

52%

23%

2%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garretts Mill is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garretts Mill are

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

Jobs based in Garretts Mill

21 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)90%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Garretts Mill residents hold

96 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+40%

Jobs based in Garretts Mill, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 21. 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.