Work & commute · Cabin John

Work & commute in Cabin John, MD

Most working residents leave Cabin John for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (31%), Bethesda (11%) and Rockville (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 916 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 902 Cabin John residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 462 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cabin John.

902live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

462work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cabin John goes to work

Washington, DC9.3 mi away

31%283

Bethesda2.6 mi away

11%105

Rockville7.6 mi away

4%37

Arlington, VA7.4 mi away

3%31

Potomac3.2 mi away

3%24

North Bethesda4.9 mi away

2%21

Brookmont2.3 mi away

2%20

Gaithersburg12.2 mi away

2%19

Tysons, VA5 mi away

2%17

Baltimore37.2 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%343

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

How far

How far Cabin John commutes

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

69%

18%

69%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cabin John is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cabin John are

476 jobs are based in Cabin John. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cabin John’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cabin John

476 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Cabin John residents hold

916 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month85%

+12%

Jobs based in Cabin John, 2013 → 2023: 426 → 476. 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.