Work & commute · Brandywine

Work & commute in Brandywine, MD

Most working residents leave Brandywine for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (28%), Arlington (4%) and Lake Arbor (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

102 of 5,286 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,184 Brandywine residents head out of town to work, 102 work right here, and 2,539 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brandywine.

5,184live here, work elsewhere

102live and work here

2,539work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brandywine goes to work

Washington, DC16.9 mi away

28%1,505

Arlington, VA17.8 mi away

4%192

Lake Arbor15.9 mi away

3%175

Waldorf4.7 mi away

3%171

Baltimore45.1 mi away

2%114

East Riverdale19.2 mi away

2%103

Brandywine (in town)right here

2%102

Alexandria, VA14.2 mi away

2%101

Clinton4.3 mi away

2%85

Bethesda24.5 mi away

1%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,661

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

How far

How far Brandywine commutes

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

11%

66%

18%

11%Under 10 mi

66%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brandywine is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brandywine are

2,641 jobs are based in Brandywine. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brandywine’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brandywine

2,641 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Brandywine residents hold

5,286 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+56%

Jobs based in Brandywine, 2013 → 2023: 1,696 → 2,641. 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.