Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0At 0.7%, unemployment in Hughesville is lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Hughesville are A for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns. Only 1% stay in Hughesville for work; outside it, Washington is the main destination (14%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Hughesville
Hughesville trades workers with the towns around it
Hughesville has about as many jobs (929) as working residents (1,059), but they are mostly different people: 1,048 residents leave for work each day while 918 people come in. Only 1% of the jobs in Hughesville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
58% of the jobs in Hughesville are in trade, transport and utilities, against 17% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Hughesville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 31 across Maryland. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Hughesville pay over $40,000 a year
80% of the jobs based in Hughesville pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Hughesville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hughesville is Washington, DC, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (153) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The four measures behind Hughesville’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hughesville is better than 92% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Hughesville’s grade up (1.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hughesville could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The daily flow of workers through Hughesville
On a workday 1,048 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 918 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 (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
80% of the jobs in Hughesville pay over $3,333 a month
929 jobs are based in Hughesville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hughesville, 2014 → 2024: 822 → 929. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hughesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Hughesville: about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hughesville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 861 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.
The commute from Hughesville, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where Hughesville goes to work
Where Hughesville clocks in
14% of workers
7% of workers
3% 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.
Most of Hughesville commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hughesville is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.0% across Maryland, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 989 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of 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). 0.0% of Hughesville households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Hughesville’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Hughesville is 258th of 5,148 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Colmar Manor MD | 1,590 | $123K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 256 | Arbury Hills IL | 1,519 | $99K | 4.1% | 2.5% | <1% | A |
| 257 | Montz LA | 2,074 | $92K | 4.7% | 0.2% | 1% | A |
| 258 | Hughesville MD | 2,098 | $106K | 1.7% | 0.7% | 1% | A |
| 259 | Sewall's Point FL | 2,078 | $129K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 8% | A |
| 260 | Pegram TN | 2,036 | $111K | 0.3% | 3.6% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Hughesville, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Hughesville and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hughesville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hughesville | – | A | B− | 41 min | $106,250 |
| Aquasco | under 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Aquasco: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hughesville’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 2024, 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 Hughesville: questions
What is the median household income in Hughesville?
$106,250 (±$32,885) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hughesville?
1.7%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hughesville?
41 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hughesville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (14%, 28 mi), Waldorf (7%, 8 mi), La Plata (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hughesville walkable?
Hughesville is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hughesville without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hughesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hughesville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.