Brightwood · Photo: MarthaWaddell58 · CC BY-SA 4.0Work and commuting in Reid
Reid has 23 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 19% across Maryland. Hardly any stay in Reid for work; outside it, Hagerstown is the main destination (17%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Reid
On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 97 people are in Reid on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
The towns that employ Reid’s residents
Where Reid clocks in
17% of workers
13% 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.
Working from home in Reid
of Reid workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 58 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 Reid’s workers travel
About 36% 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Reid workers work outside Maryland. The job records count 13% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Reid: questions
What is the median household income in Reid?
$145,313 (±$119,872) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reid?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Reid work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hagerstown (17%, 6 mi), Frederick (13%, 24 mi), Robinwood (13%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Reid 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 Reid, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reid
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.