Work & commute · Camp Springs

Work & commute in Camp Springs, MD

Most working residents leave Camp Springs for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (32%), Arlington (4%) and Alexandria (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

131 of 9,193 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 9,062 Camp Springs residents head out of town to work, 131 work right here, and 3,768 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Camp Springs.

9,062live here, work elsewhere

131live and work here

3,768work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Camp Springs goes to work

Washington, DC8.7 mi away

32%2,964

Arlington, VA11 mi away

4%349

Alexandria, VA8.9 mi away

3%272

Baltimore38 mi away

2%216

Clinton4.3 mi away

2%154

National Harbor5.2 mi away

2%142

Bethesda16.6 mi away

2%141

Lake Arbor8.5 mi away

1%132

Camp Springs (in town)right here

1%131

Tysons, VA18.5 mi away

1%127

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%4,565

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

How far

How far Camp Springs commutes

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

54%

30%

12%

54%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Camp Springs is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Camp Springs are

3,899 jobs are based in Camp Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Camp Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Camp Springs

3,899 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Camp Springs residents hold

9,193 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−14%

Jobs based in Camp Springs, 2013 → 2023: 4,511 → 3,899. 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.