Work & commute · Calverton

Work & commute in Calverton, MD

Most working residents leave Calverton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (20%), Rockville (5%) and Bethesda (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

231 of 7,355 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,124 Calverton residents head out of town to work, 231 work right here, and 8,004 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Calverton.

7,124live here, work elsewhere

231live and work here

8,004work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Calverton goes to work

Washington, DC11.2 mi away

20%1,436

Rockville11.1 mi away

5%396

Bethesda10.2 mi away

4%315

Baltimore24.7 mi away

3%255

Columbia11 mi away

3%238

Calverton (in town)right here

3%231

North Bethesda9.2 mi away

3%186

Beltsville2.1 mi away

2%183

Silver Spring5.4 mi away

2%169

Potomac13.4 mi away

2%142

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%3,804

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

How far

How far Calverton commutes

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

34%

55%

34%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Calverton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Calverton are

8,235 jobs are based in Calverton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Calverton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Calverton

8,235 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Calverton residents hold

7,355 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−11%

Jobs based in Calverton, 2013 → 2023: 9,212 → 8,235. 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.