Work & commute · Sharpsburg

Work & commute in Sharpsburg, MD

Most working residents leave Sharpsburg for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hagerstown (15%), Frederick (7%) and Baltimore (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 226 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 225 Sharpsburg residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sharpsburg.

225live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sharpsburg goes to work

Hagerstown12.5 mi away

15%35

Frederick18.1 mi away

7%15

Baltimore61.8 mi away

4%9

Rockville40.9 mi away

2%5

Robinwood12.5 mi away

2%5

Halfway11 mi away

2%5

San Mar8.7 mi away

2%4

Ballenger Creek18.3 mi away

2%4

Annapolis74.6 mi away

1%3

Bethesda46.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%138

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

How far

How far Sharpsburg commutes

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

13%

49%

10%

29%

13%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sharpsburg is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sharpsburg are

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

Jobs based in Sharpsburg

125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month4%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Sharpsburg residents hold

226 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−38%

Jobs based in Sharpsburg, 2013 → 2023: 200 → 125. 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.