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Jobs & commute in Rohrersville

Jobs and the daily commute in Rohrersville

Hardly any work in Rohrersville itself; outside it, Frederick draws the most (14%, 14 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 19% for Maryland as a whole. Rohrersville has 63 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who commutes out of Rohrersville, and who commutes in

On a workday 63 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

63live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night140
Workday78
140live here− 63head out to work+ 0come in to work= 78on a workday

About 78 people are in Rohrersville on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

The towns that employ Rohrersville’s residents

Washington: 1 residents work here (2%)Accident: 1 residents work here (2%)Middletown: 1 residents work here (2%)Thurmont: 1 residents work here (2%)Walkersville: 1 residents work here (2%)Hagerstown: 7 residents work here (11%)Frederick: 9 residents work here (14%)Antrim Township: 2 residents work here (3%)RohrersvilleTrego-Rohrersville StationBallenger Creek: 7 residents work here (11%)Ellicott City: 2 residents work here (3%)FrederickHagerstownBallenger CreekAntrim TownshipEllicott CityWashingtonRohrersville
1
Frederick13.5 mi away
14%9
2
Hagerstown14.4 mi away
11%7
3
Ballenger Creek13.6 mi away
11%7
43%2
5
Ellicott City45.7 mi away
3%2
6
Washington, DC50.5 mi away
2%1
7
Accident89.1 mi away
2%1
8
Middletown7 mi away
2%1
9
Thurmont18.8 mi away
2%1
10
Walkersville16.4 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%31
The top trips

Where Rohrersville clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Rohrersville

Working from home
0%

of Rohrersville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Rohrersville gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 30 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

How many miles Rohrersville commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miFrederick: 14% · 13.5 miHagerstown: 11% · 14.4 miBallenger Creek: 11% · 13.6 miAntrim Township: 3% · 27.1 miEllicott City: 3% · 45.7 miWashington: 2% · 50.5 miAccident: 2% · 89.1 miMiddletown: 2% · 7 miThurmont: 2% · 18.8 miWalkersville: 2% · 16.4 miFrederick 14%Hagerstown 11%Ballenger Creek 11%Antrim Township 3%Rohrersville
RohrersvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
7%Under 10 mi4 residents
57%10–24 mi35 residents
20%25–50 mi12 residents
16%Over 50 mi10 residents

About 16% 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 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

Rohrersville and its neighbors

Trego-Rohrersville Station: few work hereTrego-Rohrersville StationRohrersville
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownRohrersville workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Rohrersville–————
Trego-Rohrersville Stationunder 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 Rohrersville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Rohrersville: questions

What is the poverty rate in Rohrersville?

94.3%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Rohrersville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frederick (14%, 14 mi), Hagerstown (11%, 14 mi), Ballenger Creek (11%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Rohrersville 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 Rohrersville, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Rohrersville

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.