Fort Frederick State Park · Photo: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0Big Pool has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 19% for Maryland as a whole. There are 17 jobs in Big Pool; 39 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Big Pool itself; outside it, Hagerstown draws the most (21%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Big Pool on a workday
On a workday 39 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 19 people are in Big Pool on a workday afternoon, 54% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Big Pool to work: where people go
Where Big Pool clocks in
21% of workers
5% of workersLines 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.
Jobs in Big Pool: what the 17 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Big Pool’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Big Pool
of Big Pool workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 30 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.
Big Pool’s commute, mile by mile
About 21% 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.
Big Pool and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Big Pool workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pool | – | — | — | — | — |
| Ernstville | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ernstville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Big Pool’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Big Pool: questions
What is the poverty rate in Big Pool?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Big Pool work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hagerstown (21%, 16 mi), Fountainhead-Orchard Hills (5%, 16 mi), St. James (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Big Pool 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 Big Pool, from the people who make the trip.
More of Big Pool
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.