Work & commute · Ashton-Sandy Spring

Work & commute in Ashton-Sandy Spring, MD

Most working residents leave Ashton-Sandy Spring for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (11%), Rockville (7%) and Bethesda (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

106 of 2,467 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,361 Ashton-Sandy Spring residents head out of town to work, 106 work right here, and 2,023 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ashton-Sandy Spring.

2,361live here, work elsewhere

106live and work here

2,023work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ashton-Sandy Spring goes to work

Washington, DC16.9 mi away

11%260

Rockville9.5 mi away

7%175

Bethesda12.9 mi away

5%123

Ashton-Sandy Spring (in town)right here

4%106

Columbia8.3 mi away

4%105

Olney3.9 mi away

4%99

Potomac14 mi away

3%74

Gaithersburg10.5 mi away

3%62

Baltimore23.3 mi away

2%61

North Bethesda10.1 mi away

2%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,342

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

How far

How far Ashton-Sandy Spring commutes

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

34%

54%

34%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ashton-Sandy Spring is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ashton-Sandy Spring are

2,129 jobs are based in Ashton-Sandy Spring. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ashton-Sandy Spring’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ashton-Sandy Spring

2,129 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Ashton-Sandy Spring residents hold

2,467 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+15%

Jobs based in Ashton-Sandy Spring, 2013 → 2023: 1,851 → 2,129. 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.