Fort Ritchie has 2.0 jobs for every working resident: 12 people commute in to work
Hardly any work in Fort Ritchie; the top destination outside it is Frederick (33%, 19 miles). 12 jobs are based in Fort Ritchie, and 6 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Fort Ritchie, and who commutes in
On a workday 6 residents head out to work and none work right 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.
Who travels to work in Fort Ritchie, and from where
Where Fort Ritchie clocks in
33% of workers
17% of workers
17% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Fort Ritchie
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fort Ritchie, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 12. 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 Fort Ritchie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Fort Ritchie commutes less than 21 miles
About 50% 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.
The towns around Fort Ritchie
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fort Ritchie workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Ritchie | – | — | — | — | — |
| Highfield-Cascade | under 17% | B | D | 36 min | $62,368 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fort Ritchie’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 Fort Ritchie: questions
Where do people who live in Fort Ritchie work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frederick (33%, 19 mi), Walkersville (17%, 18 mi), Laurel (17%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fort Ritchie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fort Ritchie
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.