Work & commute · Halfway

Work & commute in Halfway, MD

Most working residents leave Halfway for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Hagerstown (18%), Frederick (5%) and Robinwood (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

231 of 5,081 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,850 Halfway residents head out of town to work, 231 work right here, and 3,387 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Halfway.

4,850live here, work elsewhere

231live and work here

3,387work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Halfway goes to work

Hagerstown3 mi away

18%903

Frederick22.7 mi away

5%248

Halfway (in town)right here

5%231

Robinwood5.8 mi away

3%145

Ballenger Creek24.8 mi away

2%127

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills5.7 mi away

2%122

Baltimore65.6 mi away

2%117

Washington, DC63.6 mi away

1%63

Williamsport2.8 mi away

1%62

Antrim, PA15.3 mi away

1%61

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%3,002

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

How far

How far Halfway commutes

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

50%

15%

10%

25%

50%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Halfway is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Halfway are

3,618 jobs are based in Halfway. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Halfway’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Halfway

3,618 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Halfway residents hold

5,081 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+5%

Jobs based in Halfway, 2013 → 2023: 3,446 → 3,618. 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.