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There are 49 jobs in Pinesburg, and 191 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Pinesburg itself; outside it, Hagerstown draws the most (15%, 7 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, 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
The daily flow of workers through Pinesburg
On a workday 191 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Pinesburg on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
The places Pinesburg commutes to
Where Pinesburg clocks in
15% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 51% of the jobs in Pinesburg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pinesburg, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 49. 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 Pinesburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 13 minutes from Pinesburg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pinesburg workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 270 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.
Half of Pinesburg commutes less than 9 miles
About 25% 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 Pinesburg: questions
What is the poverty rate in Pinesburg?
10.8%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pinesburg?
13 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pinesburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hagerstown (15%, 7 mi), Robinwood (4%, 10 mi), Fountainhead-Orchard Hills (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pinesburg 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 Pinesburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pinesburg
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.