Work & commute · Beltsville

Work & commute in Beltsville, MD

Most working residents leave Beltsville for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (17%), Baltimore (5%) and College Park (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

376 of 7,359 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,983 Beltsville residents head out of town to work, 376 work right here, and 20,138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beltsville.

6,983live here, work elsewhere

376live and work here

20,138work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beltsville goes to work

Washington, DC10.7 mi away

17%1,247

Beltsville (in town)right here

5%376

Baltimore24.5 mi away

5%345

College Park3.1 mi away

3%254

Rockville13 mi away

3%231

Columbia11.6 mi away

3%207

Bethesda11.2 mi away

3%202

Calverton2.1 mi away

2%147

North Bethesda10.7 mi away

2%141

Silver Spring6 mi away

2%139

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%4,070

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

How far

How far Beltsville commutes

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

36%

51%

36%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beltsville is a job hub

2.79jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Beltsville are

20,514 jobs are based in Beltsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beltsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Beltsville

20,514 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Beltsville residents hold

7,359 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+12%

Jobs based in Beltsville, 2013 → 2023: 18,339 → 20,514. 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.