Work & commute · Mount Lena

Work & commute in Mount Lena, MD

Most working residents leave Mount Lena for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hagerstown (16%), Frederick (7%) and Robinwood (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 229 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

46 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 229 Mount Lena residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Lena.

229live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

76work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Lena goes to work

Hagerstown7.9 mi away

16%37

Frederick13.8 mi away

7%16

Robinwood5.5 mi away

6%13

Ballenger Creek16.1 mi away

3%8

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills10.5 mi away

3%7

Rockville41 mi away

3%6

Baltimore56.8 mi away

3%6

Thurmont12.3 mi away

2%5

Halfway9 mi away

2%4

Germantown32.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%123

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

How far

How far Mount Lena commutes

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

46%

25%

12%

17%

46%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Lena is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Lena are

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

Jobs based in Mount Lena

76 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Mount Lena residents hold

229 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+9%

Jobs based in Mount Lena, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 76. 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.