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Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, where Maryland as a whole has 19%. For jobs and income Halfway is better than 55% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (C). Household incomes here are lower than in 57% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Halfway
Commutes from Halfway are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 31 across Maryland. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Maryland worker. Time on the road ↓
Halfway and Hagerstown trade workers both ways
Hagerstown is the top workplace for Halfway residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Halfway come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
44% of the jobs in Halfway are in trade, transport and utilities, against 25% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Halfway
60% of Halfway residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Halfway pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Halfway’s grade explained
Job access by car holds Halfway’s grade up (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($71,036, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Halfway could be anywhere from C to A−.
Time on the road from Halfway: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Halfway workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,049 commuters (the 7% 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.
18% of working residents work in Hagerstown
Where Halfway clocks in
18% of workers
5% 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.
What Halfway’s employers do
3,618 jobs are based in Halfway.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Halfway, 2013 → 2023: 3,446 → 3,618. 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 Halfway’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Halfway on a workday afternoon
On a workday 4,850 residents head out to work, 231 work right here, and 3,387 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,400 people are in Halfway on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 in the region Halfway works
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.
The commute in Halfway is mostly behind the wheel
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% 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 5,408 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.3% of Halfway households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Halfway’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,399th of 2,507: where Halfway ranks among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Chevy Chase MD | 9,445 | $212K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,397 | Jefferson LA | 9,703 | $57K | 16.5% | 2.7% | 9% | B |
| 1,398 | Celina OH | 10,936 | $63K | 11.4% | 1.4% | 26% | B− |
| 1,399 | Halfway MD | 10,849 | $71K | 10.5% | 4.0% | 5% | B− |
| 1,400 | Wallington NJ | 12,092 | $86K | 12.2% | 8.3% | 4% | B− |
| 1,401 | Pocono Township PA | 10,902 | $105K | 9.4% | 5.7% | 18% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Halfway, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Halfway and its neighbors: 18% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Halfway workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halfway | – | B− | C | 22 min | $71,036 |
| Hagerstown | 18% | 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 Halfway’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 Halfway: questions
What is the median household income in Halfway?
$71,036 (±$9,614) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Halfway?
10.5%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Halfway?
22 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Halfway work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hagerstown (18%, 3 mi), Frederick (5%, 23 mi), Robinwood (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Halfway walkable?
Halfway is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Halfway without a car?
<1% 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 Halfway, from the people who make the trip.
More of Halfway
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.