Work & commute · Aquasco

Work & commute in Aquasco, MD

Most working residents leave Aquasco for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (13%), Waldorf (3%) and Baltimore (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 396 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 394 Aquasco residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aquasco.

394live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aquasco goes to work

Washington, DC27.7 mi away

13%52

Waldorf11.6 mi away

3%13

Baltimore49.2 mi away

3%12

Bowie25.2 mi away

2%9

Westphalia18.6 mi away

2%9

Lake Arbor23.1 mi away

2%8

Parole28.5 mi away

2%8

Beltsville33.3 mi away

2%7

Arlington, VA29.5 mi away

2%7

East Riverdale28 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%265

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

How far

How far Aquasco commutes

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

29%

51%

11%

9%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

51%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aquasco is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Aquasco are

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

Jobs based in Aquasco

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Aquasco residents hold

396 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−68%

Jobs based in Aquasco, 2013 → 2023: 269 → 86. 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.