Photo: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0How Burkittsville works: jobs, income and commuting
Home is the office for 25% of workers, next to 19% for Maryland as a whole. Hardly any work in Burkittsville; the top destination outside it is Frederick (24%, 12 miles). Working residents average 42 minutes each way (Maryland 31, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Burkittsville
On a workday 78 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 67 people are in Burkittsville on a workday afternoon, 54% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Burkittsville goes to work
Where Burkittsville clocks in
24% of workers
6% 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.
About 42 minutes to work from Burkittsville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burkittsville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 50 commuters (the 25% 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.
Half of Burkittsville commutes less than 26 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Burkittsville: questions
What is the median household income in Burkittsville?
$93,250 (±$45,574) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burkittsville?
6.7%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burkittsville?
42 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burkittsville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frederick (24%, 12 mi), Gaithersburg (6%, 29 mi), Ballenger Creek (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Burkittsville without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Burkittsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burkittsville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.