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2019-05-18 12 46 01 View west along Interstate 70 at Exit 24 (Maryland State Route 63, Williamsport, Huyett) in Kemps Mill, Washington County, MarylandPhoto: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Jobs & commute in Kemps Mill

Jobs and the daily commute in Kemps Mill

0% of workers work from home (Maryland 19%). Hardly any work in Kemps Mill; the top destination outside it is Hagerstown (13%, 5 miles). Kemps Mill has 46 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

In and out of Kemps Mill on a workday

On a workday 46 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

46live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night49
Workday3
49live here− 46head out to work+ 0come in to work= 3on a workday

About 3 people are in Kemps Mill on a workday afternoon, 94% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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.

The commute map

Commuting out of Kemps Mill: the destinations

Washington: 1 residents work here (2%)New Windsor: 1 residents work here (2%)Sykesville: 1 residents work here (2%)Thurmont: 1 residents work here (2%)Walkersville: 1 residents work here (2%)Hagerstown: 6 residents work here (13%)Martinsburg: 2 residents work here (4%)Antrim Township: 2 residents work here (4%)Kemps MillRobinwood: 2 residents work here (4%)Halfway: 2 residents work here (4%)Wilson-ConococheagueHagerstownMartinsburgAntrim TownshipRobinwoodHalfwayWashingtonKemps Mill
1
Hagerstown4.9 mi away
13%6
2
Martinsburg, WV14.6 mi away
4%2
34%2
4
Robinwood8 mi away
4%2
5
Halfway2.4 mi away
4%2
6
Washington, DC65.7 mi away
2%1
7
New Windsor38.5 mi away
2%1
8
Sykesville48.2 mi away
2%1
9
Thurmont21.6 mi away
2%1
10
Walkersville26.2 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
59%27
The top trips

Where Kemps Mill clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Kemps Mill

Working from home
0%

of Kemps Mill workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Kemps Mill gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 5 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

Miles to work from Kemps Mill

10 mi25 mi50 mi75 miHagerstown: 13% · 4.9 miMartinsburg: 4% · 14.6 miAntrim Township: 4% · 15.5 miRobinwood: 4% · 8 miHalfway: 4% · 2.4 miWashington: 2% · 65.7 miNew Windsor: 2% · 38.5 miSykesville: 2% · 48.2 miThurmont: 2% · 21.6 miWalkersville: 2% · 26.2 miHagerstown 13%Martinsburg 4%Antrim Township 4%Robinwood 4%Halfway 4%Kemps Mill
Kemps MillTop destinations (size = commuters)
45%Under 10 mi20 residents
18%10–24 mi8 residents
14%25–50 mi6 residents
23%Over 50 mi10 residents

About 23% 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.

Next door

Kemps Mill and its neighbors

Wilson-Conococheague: few work hereWilson-ConococheagueKemps Mill
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownKemps Mill workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Kemps Mill–————
Wilson-Conococheagueunder 3%BB+23 min$64,296

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Kemps Mill’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Kemps Mill: questions

What is the poverty rate in Kemps Mill?

0.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Kemps Mill work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hagerstown (13%, 5 mi), Martinsburg (4%, 15 mi), Antrim Township (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Kemps Mill without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Kemps Mill, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Kemps Mill

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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.