Mount Briar has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
There are 3 jobs in Mount Briar, against 70 working residents. Only 1% work in Mount Briar; the top destination outside it is Hagerstown (10%, 14 miles). 32% of workers work from home, next to 19% for Maryland as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Mount Briar, and who commutes in
On a workday 69 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Mount Briar on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Where people from Mount Briar work
Where Mount Briar clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
In Mount Briar, 33% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Briar, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 3. 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 Mount Briar’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Mount Briar
of Mount Briar workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 89 commuters (the 32% 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.
Half of Mount Briar commutes less than 17 miles
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.
Work in the towns next to Mount Briar
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Briar workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Briar | – | — | — | — | $237,404 |
| Trego-Rohrersville Station | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Trego-Rohrersville Station: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Briar’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 Mount Briar: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Briar?
$237,404 (±$225,657) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Briar?
9.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Mount Briar work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hagerstown (10%, 14 mi), Frederick (7%, 15 mi), Ballenger Creek (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mount Briar 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 Mount Briar, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Briar
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.