Work & commute · Burtonsville

Work & commute in Burtonsville, MD

Most working residents leave Burtonsville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (16%), Rockville (6%) and Columbia (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

108 of 4,304 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,196 Burtonsville residents head out of town to work, 108 work right here, and 2,393 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burtonsville.

4,196live here, work elsewhere

108live and work here

2,393work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burtonsville goes to work

Washington, DC15.8 mi away

16%698

Rockville12.2 mi away

6%254

Columbia6.7 mi away

5%227

Bethesda13.7 mi away

5%201

North Bethesda11.7 mi away

4%158

Baltimore21.2 mi away

3%129

Silver Spring9.6 mi away

3%123

Burtonsville (in town)right here

3%108

Gaithersburg14.1 mi away

2%106

Potomac15.9 mi away

2%106

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%2,194

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

How far

How far Burtonsville commutes

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

33%

59%

33%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burtonsville is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burtonsville are

2,501 jobs are based in Burtonsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Burtonsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Burtonsville

2,501 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Burtonsville residents hold

4,304 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+3%

Jobs based in Burtonsville, 2013 → 2023: 2,439 → 2,501. 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.