Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Leitersburg commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
126 jobs are based in Leitersburg, and 239 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Leitersburg for work; outside it, Hagerstown is the main destination (15%, 7 miles). 6% of workers have no commute at all; Maryland has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Leitersburg apart on work
Leitersburg and Hagerstown trade workers both ways
Hagerstown is the top workplace for Leitersburg residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Leitersburg come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Leitersburg are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 31 across Maryland. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Maryland worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 239 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Leitersburg’s working residents head each day
Where Leitersburg clocks in
15% of workers
6% 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.
How long Leitersburg spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leitersburg workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 234 commuters (the 6% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Leitersburg
On a workday 238 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Leitersburg on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Goods jobs make up 51% of work in Leitersburg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leitersburg, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 126. 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 Leitersburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Leitersburg’s workers travel
About 21% 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.
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 Leitersburg: questions
What is the poverty rate in Leitersburg?
18.7%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leitersburg?
26 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leitersburg work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hagerstown (15%, 7 mi), Frederick (6%, 21 mi), Robinwood (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Leitersburg 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 Leitersburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leitersburg
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.