Photo: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0At 0.9%, unemployment in Emmitsburg is lower than in 95% of U.S. towns
12% of workers work from home, where Maryland as a whole has 19%. The two grades for Emmitsburg are B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Only 5% work in Emmitsburg itself; outside it, Frederick draws the most (14%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Emmitsburg, in brief
Emmitsburg trades workers with the towns around it
Emmitsburg has about as many jobs (1,139) as working residents (1,066), but they are mostly different people: 1,013 residents leave for work each day while 1,086 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Emmitsburg are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Many of the people who work in Emmitsburg live in another state
Carroll Valley, PA (4%), Hamiltonban Township, PA (3%) and Washington Township, PA (2%) are among the top places Emmitsburg’s workers come from. Counting only the top ten home towns, 13% of the jobs here are held by people from out of state. The commute map ↓
Emmitsburg workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 31 across Maryland. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical 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.
Emmitsburg’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Emmitsburg is better than 67% of U.S. towns, #176 of 261 in Maryland. Unemployment holds Emmitsburg’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (11.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Emmitsburg could be anywhere from C+ to A.
In and out of Emmitsburg on a workday
On a workday 1,013 residents head out to work, 53 work right here, and 1,086 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).
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 Emmitsburg goes to work
Where Emmitsburg clocks in
14% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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 37 minutes in Emmitsburg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Emmitsburg workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,203 commuters (the 13% 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.
67% of the jobs in Emmitsburg pay over $3,333 a month
1,139 jobs are based in Emmitsburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Emmitsburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,287 → 1,139. 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 Emmitsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Emmitsburg commutes less than 25 miles
About 25% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Emmitsburg
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Emmitsburg is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #134 of 261 in Maryland. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.0% across Maryland.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,375 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.7% of Emmitsburg households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Emmitsburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,399th of 4,882: where Emmitsburg ranks among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Cabin John MD | 2,179 | $250K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Brown Station MD | 3,451 | $169K | 3.3% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Naval Academy MD | 3,006 | $122K | 1.5% | 4.4% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,397 | Thompson Township OH | 2,159 | $91K | 4.9% | 3.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,398 | Deerwood TX | 2,366 | $61K | 8.7% | 0.0% | 0% | B+ |
| 1,399 | Emmitsburg MD | 2,910 | $81K | 11.6% | 0.9% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,400 | Cape Carteret NC | 2,273 | $86K | 6.1% | 1.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,401 | Youngsville NC | 2,461 | $87K | 14.3% | 1.5% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Emmitsburg, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
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 Emmitsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Emmitsburg?
$81,250 (±$29,673) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Emmitsburg?
11.6%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Emmitsburg?
37 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Emmitsburg work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frederick (14%, 19 mi), Washington (4%, 58 mi), Thurmont (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Emmitsburg walkable?
Emmitsburg is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Emmitsburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Emmitsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Emmitsburg
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.