Work & commute · Smithsburg

Work & commute in Smithsburg, MD

Most working residents leave Smithsburg for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hagerstown (13%), Frederick (11%) and Robinwood (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 1,331 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,308 Smithsburg residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 404 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smithsburg.

1,308live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

404work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Smithsburg goes to work

Hagerstown7.7 mi away

13%169

Frederick17.4 mi away

11%149

Robinwood4.8 mi away

4%56

Ballenger Creek20.7 mi away

4%54

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills7.7 mi away

2%30

Halfway10.5 mi away

2%28

Baltimore57.2 mi away

2%27

Smithsburg (in town)right here

2%23

Cavetown1.1 mi away

2%20

Thurmont9.5 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%756

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

How far

How far Smithsburg commutes

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

35%

32%

11%

23%

35%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Smithsburg is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Smithsburg are

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

Jobs based in Smithsburg

427 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Smithsburg residents hold

1,331 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+29%

Jobs based in Smithsburg, 2013 → 2023: 330 → 427. 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.