Work & commute · Hagerstown

Work & commute in Hagerstown, MD

Most working residents leave Hagerstown for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Frederick (5%), Robinwood (4%) and Ballenger Creek (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

3,431 of 18,207 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,776 Hagerstown residents head out of town to work, 3,431 work right here, and 17,853 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hagerstown.

14,776live here, work elsewhere

3,431live and work here

17,853work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hagerstown goes to work

Hagerstown (in town)right here

19%3,431

Frederick21.6 mi away

5%955

Robinwood3.3 mi away

4%652

Ballenger Creek24 mi away

3%529

Halfway3 mi away

3%526

Baltimore63.8 mi away

3%499

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills3.5 mi away

3%499

Rockville48.9 mi away

1%240

Antrim, PA13.2 mi away

1%229

Washington, DC63.2 mi away

1%225

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%10,422

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

How far

How far Hagerstown commutes

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

48%

15%

10%

27%

48%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hagerstown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hagerstown are

21,284 jobs are based in Hagerstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hagerstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hagerstown

21,284 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Hagerstown residents hold

18,207 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−17%

Jobs based in Hagerstown, 2013 → 2023: 25,618 → 21,284. 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.