Photo: Photo by Kmf164, taken on February 12, 2006. · CC BY-SA 2.5Most of Brookeville commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 8 jobs in Brookeville for 88 working residents. Hardly any work in Brookeville itself; outside it, Rockville draws the most (11%, 8 miles). For 29% of workers, the job is at home, where Maryland as a whole has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Brookeville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 88 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 77 people are in Brookeville on a workday afternoon, 51% 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.
Where Brookeville’s working residents head each day
Where Brookeville clocks in
11% of workers
10% of workers
10% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Brookeville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brookeville, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 8. 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 Brookeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Brookeville takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brookeville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 51 commuters (the 29% 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 many miles Brookeville commutes
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.
The towns next door employ 10% of Brookeville
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brookeville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookeville | – | — | — | 32 min | $165,625 |
| Olney | 10% | A | A | 32 min | $171,458 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Olney. Darker towns draw more of Brookeville’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 Brookeville: questions
What is the median household income in Brookeville?
$165,625 (±$69,993) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brookeville?
6.2%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brookeville?
32 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brookeville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockville (11%, 8 mi), Washington (10%, 19 mi), Olney (10%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brookeville 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 Brookeville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brookeville
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.