The most amazing thing about living in Frederick MD and working elsewhere is that unless you’re commuting South of Frederick, towards Montgomery County, MOST of the time you’ll be heading against the grain of traffic. For example if you choose to move to Frederick and work in Hagerstown, when every body else is going down South Moutain, you’ll be going UP and mostly by yourself!
Why not just move to Hagerstown? Because the chances of your property values skyrocketing when the smoke clears with the credit crunch and housing bubble bust… you’re going to be a LOT better off buying a home in Frederick.
It’s well known that Montgomery County’s Technology Corridor is a mecca for computer geeks and chemistry types, it seems that quite a bit of geneome mapping and the like is going on there… but can you afford to actually live there?
Your best ‘bang for the buck’ is Working in Montgomery County and Living in Frederick County Maryland
There is a huge list of current high tech jobs on another site I operate:
http://lifeinfrederickmaryland.com/2008/11/employment-opportunities-in-frederick.html
And here is Frederick County Government’s Guide to Working in or with Fort Detrick
And if you’re a small business owner seeking to move here at the foot of the Apalachian Mountains, here is the most recent report on the demographics of this great county:
According to the 2006 American Community Survey, Frederick County
had a medianhousehold income of $74,029.
This is $8,885 more than the median income of Maryland, $65,144.
Since 1979, when County residents made only $560 more than the
average State resident, Frederick County has continued to
increase the gap between the median income of the Maryland and
the County. Within the past 27 years, Frederick County residents
have increased their median household income by 114%.
The greatest increase in household income was between 1989 and
1999, when residents went from making $41,382 to $60,276 in 10
years; a 46% increase.
Even within the last 7 years residents have seen a 23% or
$13,753 increase in income
Posted by David Bruce 
