Work & commute · Cedar Heights

Work & commute in Cedar Heights, MD

Most working residents leave Cedar Heights for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (37%), Lake Arbor (4%) and Landover (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 627 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 626 Cedar Heights residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cedar Heights.

626live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

85work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cedar Heights goes to work

Washington, DC5.9 mi away

37%235

Lake Arbor4 mi away

4%22

Landover1.7 mi away

2%15

Baltimore31.6 mi away

2%12

Alexandria, VA11.2 mi away

1%9

Beltsville9.4 mi away

1%9

Arlington, VA10.6 mi away

1%9

Bethesda12.8 mi away

1%8

National Harbor10 mi away

1%6

Mitchellville5.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%296

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

How far

How far Cedar Heights commutes

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

67%

22%

67%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cedar Heights is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cedar Heights are

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

Jobs based in Cedar Heights

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Cedar Heights residents hold

627 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−64%

Jobs based in Cedar Heights, 2013 → 2023: 237 → 86. 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.