Photo: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Wilson-Conococheague commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Wilson-Conococheague grades B for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 506 jobs are based in Wilson-Conococheague; 1,049 of its residents have a job. For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Maryland 19%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Wilson-Conococheague
Few Wilson-Conococheague workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Wilson-Conococheague are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 31 across Maryland. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Maryland worker. Time on the road ↓
Wilson-Conococheague and Hagerstown trade workers both ways
Hagerstown is the top workplace for Wilson-Conococheague residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Wilson-Conococheague come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Wilson-Conococheague’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On family income, poverty and job access, Wilson-Conococheague is better than 64% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Wilson-Conococheague’s grade up (3.3%, U.S. 11.9%); family income pulls it down ($74,864, U.S. $99,999). It also does well on job access by car.
24% of Wilson-Conococheague’s residents are college students, and off-campus students count in the Census poverty figures. Where students are 15% or more of the people the Census checks for poverty (25% here), the grade uses the rate without them: 3.3%, against 18.0% for all residents. Unemployment (0.0%) is left out here: students looking for part-time work count as unemployed. Income is ranked as median family income ($74,864), since student households pull the household median down ($64,296).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for family income and poverty, Wilson-Conococheague could be anywhere from D to A.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Wilson-Conococheague
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wilson-Conococheague workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 927 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.
16% of working residents work in Hagerstown
Where Wilson-Conococheague clocks in
16% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
How a workday changes Wilson-Conococheague
On a workday 1,031 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 488 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Wilson-Conococheague 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 2024, primary jobs.
Wilson-Conococheague makes things: 29% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wilson-Conococheague, 2014 → 2024: 485 → 506. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wilson-Conococheague’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Wilson-Conococheague commutes less than 11 miles
About 29% 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.
Most of Wilson-Conococheague commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wilson-Conococheague is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.0% across Maryland, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 927 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 13.3% of Wilson-Conococheague households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wilson-Conococheague’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Wilson-Conococheague ranks: 1,308th of 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Cabin John MD | 2,179 | $250K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Colmar Manor MD | 1,590 | $123K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,306 | Salisbury VT | 1,262 | $100K | 4.6% | 6.0% | 4% | B |
| 1,307 | Red Lake AZ | 1,676 | $101K | 0.0% | 3.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,308 | Wilson-Conococheague MD | 1,663 | $64K | 18.0% | 0.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,309 | Southport IN | 2,094 | $71K | 11.0% | 3.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,310 | Lakin KS | 2,154 | $90K | 2.4% | 4.1% | 24% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Wilson-Conococheague, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
The towns around Wilson-Conococheague
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wilson-Conococheague workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson-Conococheague | – | B | B+ | 23 min | $64,296 |
| Kemps Mill | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kemps Mill: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wilson-Conococheague’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 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Students. 24% of residents are college students; the poverty input leaves off-campus students out (above).
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Wilson-Conococheague: questions
What is the median household income in Wilson-Conococheague?
$64,296 (±$14,806) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wilson-Conococheague?
18.0% of residents live below the poverty line; leaving out college students, 3.3%. Maryland: 9.4%.
How long is the commute from Wilson-Conococheague?
23 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wilson-Conococheague work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hagerstown (16%, 6 mi), Frederick (4%, 27 mi), Halfway (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Wilson-Conococheague walkable?
Wilson-Conococheague is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wilson-Conococheague without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wilson-Conococheague, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wilson-Conococheague
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.