Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Funkstown has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
8% of workers work from home (Maryland 19%). Funkstown has 189 jobs, against 364 working residents. Working residents average 20 minutes each way (Maryland 31, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Funkstown at work: what stands out
Getting to work from Funkstown takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Funkstown workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 516 commuters (the 8% 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 Funkstown
On a workday 362 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 187 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in Funkstown on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
13% of working residents work in Hagerstown
Where Funkstown clocks in
13% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Funkstown, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 189. 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 Funkstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Funkstown
About 26% 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 next door employ 13% of Funkstown
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Funkstown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funkstown | – | — | — | 20 min | $61,392 |
| Hagerstown | 13% | C− | A− | 26 min | $52,221 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hagerstown. Darker towns draw more of Funkstown’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 Funkstown: questions
What is the median household income in Funkstown?
$61,392 (±$17,514) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Funkstown?
7.9%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Funkstown?
20 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Funkstown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hagerstown (13%, 2 mi), Frederick (9%, 20 mi), Robinwood (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Funkstown without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Funkstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Funkstown
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.