Work & commute · Capitol Heights

Work & commute in Capitol Heights, MD

Most working residents leave Capitol Heights for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (40%), Arlington (4%) and Baltimore (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 1,698 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,695 Capitol Heights residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 293 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Capitol Heights.

1,695live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

293work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Capitol Heights goes to work

Washington, DC6.2 mi away

40%683

Arlington, VA10.4 mi away

4%64

Baltimore33.3 mi away

3%47

Alexandria, VA10.3 mi away

2%30

Beltsville11.3 mi away

1%24

Lake Arbor4.6 mi away

1%23

Bethesda13.7 mi away

1%23

Bowie10.5 mi away

1%21

Columbia22.6 mi away

1%19

East Riverdale5.7 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%747

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

How far

How far Capitol Heights commutes

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

63%

23%

11%

63%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Capitol Heights is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Capitol Heights are

296 jobs are based in Capitol Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Capitol Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Capitol Heights

296 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Capitol Heights residents hold

1,698 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+49%

Jobs based in Capitol Heights, 2013 → 2023: 199 → 296. 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.