Work & commute · Highfield-Cascade

Work & commute in Highfield-Cascade, MD

Most working residents leave Highfield-Cascade for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Hagerstown (11%), Frederick (10%) and Washington (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 497 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 476 Highfield-Cascade residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highfield-Cascade.

476live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

112work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Highfield-Cascade goes to work

Hagerstown13.2 mi away

11%54

Frederick19.5 mi away

10%51

Highfield-Cascade (in town)right here

4%21

Washington, PA4.3 mi away

4%20

Ballenger Creek23.3 mi away

3%17

Thurmont7.9 mi away

3%14

Waynesboro, PA5.4 mi away

3%14

Baltimore55.1 mi away

3%13

Robinwood10.8 mi away

3%13

Chambersburg, PA17.3 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%271

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

How far

How far Highfield-Cascade commutes

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

21%

51%

19%

21%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Highfield-Cascade is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Highfield-Cascade are

133 jobs are based in Highfield-Cascade. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Highfield-Cascade’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Highfield-Cascade

133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less47%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Highfield-Cascade residents hold

497 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+28%

Jobs based in Highfield-Cascade, 2013 → 2023: 104 → 133. 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.