Work & commute · Robinwood

Work & commute in Robinwood, MD

Most working residents leave Robinwood for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Hagerstown (17%), Frederick (7%) and Ballenger Creek (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

186 of 3,054 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 2,868 Robinwood residents head out of town to work, 186 work right here, and 4,699 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Robinwood.

2,868live here, work elsewhere

186live and work here

4,699work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Robinwood goes to work

Hagerstown3.3 mi away

17%507

Frederick18.6 mi away

7%211

Robinwood (in town)right here

6%186

Ballenger Creek21.3 mi away

4%114

Baltimore60.5 mi away

2%73

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills5.1 mi away

2%67

Halfway5.8 mi away

2%60

Washington, DC60.7 mi away

1%40

Antrim, PA13.9 mi away

1%40

Rockville46.3 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,723

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

How far

How far Robinwood commutes

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

45%

20%

10%

25%

45%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Robinwood is a job hub

1.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Robinwood are

4,885 jobs are based in Robinwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Robinwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Robinwood

4,885 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Robinwood residents hold

3,054 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+10%

Jobs based in Robinwood, 2013 → 2023: 4,447 → 4,885. 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.