Work & commute · Walkersville

Work & commute in Walkersville, MD

Most working residents leave Walkersville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Frederick (25%), Ballenger Creek (7%) and Rockville (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

111 of 3,091 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,980 Walkersville residents head out of town to work, 111 work right here, and 1,699 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walkersville.

2,980live here, work elsewhere

111live and work here

1,699work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walkersville goes to work

Frederick3.6 mi away

25%769

Ballenger Creek7.1 mi away

7%211

Walkersville (in town)right here

4%111

Rockville29.2 mi away

4%111

Baltimore41.9 mi away

3%90

Gaithersburg24.2 mi away

3%87

Washington, DC43.5 mi away

2%76

Bethesda36.1 mi away

2%62

Columbia32.9 mi away

2%57

Germantown21.4 mi away

2%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,463

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

How far

How far Walkersville commutes

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

40%

15%

38%

40%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walkersville is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Walkersville are

1,810 jobs are based in Walkersville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Walkersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Walkersville

1,810 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Walkersville residents hold

3,091 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

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Jobs based in Walkersville, 2013 → 2023: 1,814 → 1,810. 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.