Work & commute · Braddock Heights

Work & commute in Braddock Heights, MD

Most working residents leave Braddock Heights for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Frederick (20%), Ballenger Creek (8%) and Rockville (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 1,562 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,540 Braddock Heights residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Braddock Heights.

1,540live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

126work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Braddock Heights goes to work

Frederick4.8 mi away

20%308

Ballenger Creek4.4 mi away

8%129

Rockville28.9 mi away

3%49

Gaithersburg24.1 mi away

3%48

Bethesda35.4 mi away

3%43

Baltimore47.8 mi away

2%36

Washington, DC43.3 mi away

2%34

North Bethesda32.6 mi away

2%32

Middletown3.1 mi away

2%29

Hagerstown20 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%825

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

How far

How far Braddock Heights commutes

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

38%

16%

38%

38%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Braddock Heights is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Braddock Heights are

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

Jobs based in Braddock Heights

148 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Braddock Heights residents hold

1,562 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−45%

Jobs based in Braddock Heights, 2013 → 2023: 270 → 148. 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.