Work & commute · Bladensburg

Work & commute in Bladensburg, MD

Most working residents leave Bladensburg for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (30%), Baltimore (3%) and Silver Spring (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60 of 3,261 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,201 Bladensburg residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 2,545 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bladensburg.

3,201live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

2,545work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bladensburg goes to work

Washington, DC5.5 mi away

30%989

Baltimore29.9 mi away

3%103

Silver Spring6.6 mi away

2%66

Bladensburg (in town)right here

2%60

Beltsville6.7 mi away

2%57

College Park3.8 mi away

2%55

Bethesda10.8 mi away

2%52

Hyattsville2 mi away

2%51

Rockville15.7 mi away

1%48

Landover2.4 mi away

1%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,734

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

How far

How far Bladensburg commutes

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

61%

25%

10%

61%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bladensburg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bladensburg are

2,605 jobs are based in Bladensburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bladensburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bladensburg

2,605 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Bladensburg residents hold

3,261 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+16%

Jobs based in Bladensburg, 2013 → 2023: 2,248 → 2,605. 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.