Work & commute · Aspen Hill

Work & commute in Aspen Hill, MD

Most working residents leave Aspen Hill for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (15%), Rockville (10%) and Bethesda (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

544 of 19,853 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,309 Aspen Hill residents head out of town to work, 544 work right here, and 4,421 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aspen Hill.

19,309live here, work elsewhere

544live and work here

4,421work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aspen Hill goes to work

Washington, DC13.5 mi away

15%3,071

Rockville4 mi away

10%1,990

Bethesda7.6 mi away

7%1,410

North Bethesda4.4 mi away

5%998

Gaithersburg7.2 mi away

3%649

Potomac8.2 mi away

3%618

Aspen Hill (in town)right here

3%544

Silver Spring7.1 mi away

3%525

Columbia14.1 mi away

2%418

Baltimore29 mi away

2%416

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%9,214

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

How far

How far Aspen Hill commutes

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

51%

37%

51%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aspen Hill is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Aspen Hill are

4,965 jobs are based in Aspen Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aspen Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Aspen Hill

4,965 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Aspen Hill residents hold

19,853 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−10%

Jobs based in Aspen Hill, 2013 → 2023: 5,512 → 4,965. 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.