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Jobs & commute in Bagtown

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Bagtown works elsewhere

For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 19% across Maryland. Bagtown has 10 jobs, and 130 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Bagtown; the top destination outside it is Hagerstown (18%, 7 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who works in Bagtown, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 130 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.

130live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
10work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night310
Workday190
310live here− 130head out to work+ 10come in to work= 190on a workday

About 190 people are in Bagtown on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.08jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places Bagtown commutes to

Washington: 2 residents work here (2%)SharpsburgSmithsburg: 2 residents work here (2%)Gaithersburg: 3 residents work here (2%)Hagerstown: 23 residents work here (18%)Frederick: 6 residents work here (5%)Baltimore: 4 residents work here (3%)BagtownRobinwood: 6 residents work here (5%)Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: 3 residents work here (2%)Halfway: 4 residents work here (3%)Ballenger Creek: 4 residents work here (3%)HagerstownFrederickRobinwoodBaltimoreHalfwayBallenger CreekBagtown
1
Hagerstown7 mi away
18%23
2
Frederick14.7 mi away
5%6
3
Robinwood4 mi away
5%6
4
Baltimore57 mi away
3%4
5
Halfway8.7 mi away
3%4
6
Ballenger Creek17.4 mi away
3%4
7
Gaithersburg37.4 mi away
2%3
9
Washington, DC56.8 mi away
2%2
10
Smithsburg5.3 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
56%73
The top trips

Where Bagtown clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

The jobs

Services make up most of the work in Bagtown

Jobs based in BagtownJobs Bagtown residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%17%
Trade, transport & utilities0%23%
Services: health, schools, offices100%60%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less10%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month60%25%
Over $3,333 a month30%65%

Who does it

29 or younger10%19%
30 to 5440%53%
55 and older50%28%
+67%

Jobs based in Bagtown, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 10. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bagtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Bagtown

Working from home
0%

of Bagtown workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Bagtown gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 197 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

How far Bagtown’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi65 miHagerstown: 18% · 7 miFrederick: 5% · 14.7 miRobinwood: 5% · 4 miBaltimore: 3% · 57 miHalfway: 3% · 8.7 miBallenger Creek: 3% · 17.4 miGaithersburg: 2% · 37.4 miFountainhead-Orchard Hills: 2% · 9.1 miWashington: 2% · 56.8 miSmithsburg: 2% · 5.3 miHagerstown 18%Frederick 5%Robinwood 5%Halfway 3%Bagtown
BagtownTop destinations (size = commuters)
43%Under 10 mi54 residents
24%10–24 mi30 residents
10%25–50 mi13 residents
23%Over 50 mi29 residents

About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Bagtown: questions

What is the median household income in Bagtown?

$158,500 (±$131,856) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Bagtown?

14.5%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Bagtown work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hagerstown (18%, 7 mi), Frederick (5%, 15 mi), Robinwood (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Bagtown without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Bagtown, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Bagtown

Bagtown home →

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.