Willows, The · Photo: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0Cavetown has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
For 12% of workers, the job is at home, next to 19% for Maryland as a whole. 270 jobs are based in Cavetown, and 660 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Cavetown for work; outside it, Hagerstown is the main destination (17%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Cavetown stands out on work
Cavetown and Hagerstown trade workers both ways
Hagerstown is the top workplace for Cavetown residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Cavetown come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Cavetown are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 31 across Maryland. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Maryland worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 660 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Cavetown work
Where Cavetown clocks in
17% of workers
8% 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.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Cavetown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cavetown workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 377 commuters (the 12% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Cavetown
On a workday 654 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 264 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Cavetown on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
What Cavetown’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cavetown, 2013 → 2023: 242 → 270. 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 Cavetown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Cavetown commutes
About 22% 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.
Cavetown and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Smithsburg (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cavetown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavetown | – | — | — | 24 min | $108,677 |
| Smithsburg | 1% | B | B+ | 36 min | $100,673 |
| Chewsville | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Chewsville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cavetown’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 Cavetown: questions
What is the median household income in Cavetown?
$108,677 (±$4,228) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cavetown?
3.4%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cavetown?
24 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cavetown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hagerstown (17%, 7 mi), Frederick (8%, 17 mi), Robinwood (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cavetown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cavetown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cavetown
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.