Work & commute · San Mar

Work & commute in San Mar, MD

Most working residents leave San Mar for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hagerstown (12%), Frederick (11%) and Ballenger Creek (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 158 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 155 San Mar residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 411 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Mar.

155live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

411work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Mar goes to work

Hagerstown7.4 mi away

12%19

Frederick14.5 mi away

11%17

Ballenger Creek16.7 mi away

6%9

Robinwood5.3 mi away

4%6

Williamsport9.9 mi away

3%4

Baltimore57.7 mi away

3%4

Boonsboro3.2 mi away

2%3

Martinsburg, WV19.1 mi away

2%3

San Mar (in town)right here

2%3

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills10.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%87

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

How far

How far San Mar commutes

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

44%

29%

10%

18%

44%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Mar is a job hub

2.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Mar are

414 jobs are based in San Mar. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Mar’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Mar

414 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs San Mar residents hold

158 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+13%

Jobs based in San Mar, 2013 → 2023: 365 → 414. 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.