Jobs, income and commuting in Pondsville, MD
0% of workers work from home (Maryland 19%). Hardly any stay in Pondsville for work; outside it, Hagerstown is the main destination (18%, 7 miles). The average commute takes 24 minutes each way; Maryland averages 31, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Pondsville
On a workday 61 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 41 people are in Pondsville on a workday afternoon, 60% fewer than live here.
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.
Out of Pondsville to work: where people go
Where Pondsville clocks in
18% of workers
7% 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.
The daily trip from Pondsville: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pondsville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 43 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 it is to work from Pondsville
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.
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 Pondsville: questions
What is the poverty rate in Pondsville?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pondsville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pondsville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hagerstown (18%, 7 mi), Gaithersburg (7%, 39 mi), Baltimore (7%, 57 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pondsville 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 Pondsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pondsville
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.