With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Maugansville works elsewhere
Employers in Maugansville report 665 jobs, and 1,627 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Maugansville are B+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. For 11% of workers, the job is at home, against 19% across Maryland.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Maugansville
Maugansville and Hagerstown trade workers both ways
Hagerstown is the top workplace for Maugansville residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Maugansville come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Maugansville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Maugansville fell from 933 in 2013 to 665 in 2023, −29%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Maugansville 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.
Maugansville’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Maugansville is better than 73% of U.S. towns, #153 of 261 in Maryland. Unemployment is its strongest input (1.6%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (9.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Maugansville could be anywhere from B− to A.
18% of working residents work in Hagerstown
Where Maugansville 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.
Jobs in Maugansville: what the 665 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maugansville, 2013 → 2023: 933 → 665. 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 Maugansville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Maugansville: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maugansville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,342 commuters (the 11% 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.
Maugansville quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,588 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 626 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Maugansville on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Maugansville
About 27% 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.
Getting around Maugansville: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Maugansville is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns, #195 of 261 in Maryland. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% 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 1,514 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). 5.3% of Maugansville households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Maugansville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Maugansville is 1,151st among 4,474 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 22 | Brown Station MD | 3,451 | $169K | 3.3% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Naval Academy MD | 3,006 | $122K | 1.5% | 4.4% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Chevy Chase MD | 2,804 | $250K | 2.0% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,149 | Milan Township OH | 3,473 | $98K | 11.4% | 0.8% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,150 | Cottage Grove WI | 3,677 | $87K | 3.0% | 5.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,151 | Maugansville MD | 3,624 | $79K | 9.0% | 1.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,152 | Park Layne OH | 4,301 | $83K | 13.3% | 1.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,153 | Ketchum ID | 3,643 | $93K | 5.2% | 0.0% | 37% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,474 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Maugansville, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
How Maugansville compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Fountainhead-Orchard Hills (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maugansville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maugansville | – | B+ | B | 26 min | $79,019 |
| Fountainhead-Orchard Hills | 5% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $103,340 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Maugansville’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 Maugansville: questions
What is the median household income in Maugansville?
$79,019 (±$3,647) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maugansville?
9.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maugansville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maugansville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hagerstown (18%, 4 mi), Fountainhead-Orchard Hills (5%, 2 mi), Frederick (5%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Maugansville walkable?
Maugansville is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Maugansville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maugansville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maugansville
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.