Work & commute · Mount Airy

Work & commute in Mount Airy, MD

Most working residents leave Mount Airy for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Frederick (8%), Baltimore (6%) and Columbia (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

382 of 4,220 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,838 Mount Airy residents head out of town to work, 382 work right here, and 4,543 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Airy.

3,838live here, work elsewhere

382live and work here

4,543work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Airy goes to work

Mount Airy (in town)right here

9%382

Frederick14.5 mi away

8%317

Baltimore29.5 mi away

6%258

Columbia19.8 mi away

5%199

Ballenger Creek14.2 mi away

3%132

Rockville20.1 mi away

3%126

Gaithersburg15.8 mi away

3%108

Eldersburg11 mi away

2%100

Washington, DC33.3 mi away

2%83

Fulton20.1 mi away

2%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%2,435

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

How far

How far Mount Airy commutes

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

17%

48%

30%

17%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Airy 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 Mount Airy are

4,925 jobs are based in Mount Airy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Airy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Airy

4,925 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Mount Airy residents hold

4,220 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+11%

Jobs based in Mount Airy, 2013 → 2023: 4,454 → 4,925. 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.