Work & commute · Thurmont

Work & commute in Thurmont, MD

Most working residents leave Thurmont for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Frederick (23%), Ballenger Creek (6%) and Baltimore (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

244 of 3,270 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 3,026 Thurmont residents head out of town to work, 244 work right here, and 2,378 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thurmont.

3,026live here, work elsewhere

244live and work here

2,378work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thurmont goes to work

Frederick12.5 mi away

23%753

Thurmont (in town)right here

7%244

Ballenger Creek16.5 mi away

6%181

Baltimore47.9 mi away

3%83

Rockville39.4 mi away

2%81

Washington, DC53.7 mi away

2%72

Bethesda46.4 mi away

2%65

Columbia41.2 mi away

2%56

Germantown31.7 mi away

2%54

Hagerstown16.8 mi away

2%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,629

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

How far

How far Thurmont commutes

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

14%

45%

29%

13%

14%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thurmont is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Thurmont are

2,622 jobs are based in Thurmont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Thurmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Thurmont

2,622 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Thurmont residents hold

3,270 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+8%

Jobs based in Thurmont, 2013 → 2023: 2,423 → 2,622. 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.