With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Downsville works elsewhere
There are 7 jobs in Downsville, and 147 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Downsville for work; outside it, Hagerstown is the main destination (16%, 7 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, where Maryland as a whole has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Downsville
On a workday 147 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in Downsville on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
The places Downsville commutes to
Where Downsville clocks in
16% of workers
9% 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.
Goods jobs make up 57% of work in Downsville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Downsville, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 7. 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 Downsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes to work from Downsville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Downsville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 707 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 Downsville’s workers travel
About 19% 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.
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 Downsville: questions
What is the median household income in Downsville?
$220,063 (±$190,110) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Downsville?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Downsville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Downsville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hagerstown (16%, 7 mi), Frederick (9%, 22 mi), Robinwood (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Downsville 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 Downsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Downsville
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.