Work & commute · California

Work & commute in California, MD

Most working residents leave California for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Leonardtown (8%), Washington (6%) and Lexington Park (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

739 of 5,050 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,311 California residents head out of town to work, 739 work right here, and 9,285 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in California.

4,311live here, work elsewhere

739live and work here

9,285work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where California goes to work

California (in town)right here

15%739

Leonardtown8 mi away

8%404

Washington, DC50.6 mi away

6%285

Lexington Park4.2 mi away

4%193

Wildewood3 mi away

3%167

Waldorf31.5 mi away

3%145

Baltimore69.6 mi away

2%107

Prince Frederick17.8 mi away

2%92

Parole47.8 mi away

1%66

La Plata30.9 mi away

1%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%2,798

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

How far

How far California commutes

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

45%

18%

30%

45%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

California is a job hub

1.98jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in California are

10,024 jobs are based in California. Here is what they are, next to the jobs California’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in California

10,024 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs California residents hold

5,050 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+72%

Jobs based in California, 2013 → 2023: 5,816 → 10,024. 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.