Work & commute · Adelphi

Work & commute in Adelphi, MD

Most working residents leave Adelphi for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (25%), College Park (4%) and Bethesda (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

83 of 5,367 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,284 Adelphi residents head out of town to work, 83 work right here, and 1,426 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Adelphi.

5,284live here, work elsewhere

83live and work here

1,426work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Adelphi goes to work

Washington, DC7 mi away

25%1,355

College Park1.6 mi away

4%215

Bethesda8.2 mi away

4%208

Rockville11.8 mi away

3%166

Baltimore28.3 mi away

3%142

Silver Spring2.9 mi away

2%128

Beltsville3.9 mi away

2%112

North Bethesda8.7 mi away

2%110

Columbia15.2 mi away

2%107

Arlington, VA10.9 mi away

2%105

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%2,719

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Adelphi commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

63%

26%

63%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Adelphi is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Adelphi are

1,509 jobs are based in Adelphi. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Adelphi’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Adelphi

1,509 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Adelphi residents hold

5,367 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−22%

Jobs based in Adelphi, 2013 → 2023: 1,939 → 1,509. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.