Work & commute · Annapolis

Work & commute in Annapolis, MD

Most working residents leave Annapolis for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Parole (12%), Washington (6%) and Baltimore (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

2,931 of 15,594 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,663 Annapolis residents head out of town to work, 2,931 work right here, and 21,419 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Annapolis.

12,663live here, work elsewhere

2,931live and work here

21,419work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Annapolis goes to work

Annapolis (in town)right here

19%2,931

Parole2.8 mi away

12%1,796

Washington, DC27.9 mi away

6%1,008

Baltimore23.3 mi away

5%732

Columbia24.7 mi away

2%361

Glen Burnie13.8 mi away

2%256

Annapolis Neck2.4 mi away

2%246

Severna Park8.5 mi away

2%236

Arnold4.9 mi away

1%209

Bethesda33 mi away

1%206

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%7,613

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

How far

How far Annapolis commutes

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

40%

30%

26%

40%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Annapolis is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Annapolis are

24,350 jobs are based in Annapolis. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Annapolis’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Annapolis

24,350 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Annapolis residents hold

15,594 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+4%

Jobs based in Annapolis, 2013 → 2023: 23,425 → 24,350. 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.