Work & commute · Clarksburg

Work & commute in Clarksburg, MD

Most working residents leave Clarksburg for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Rockville (10%), Washington (8%) and Gaithersburg (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

516 of 14,530 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,014 Clarksburg residents head out of town to work, 516 work right here, and 3,397 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarksburg.

14,014live here, work elsewhere

516live and work here

3,397work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarksburg goes to work

Rockville11.3 mi away

10%1,425

Washington, DC25.8 mi away

8%1,166

Gaithersburg6.4 mi away

8%1,150

Bethesda18.1 mi away

6%906

Germantown3.4 mi away

5%781

North Bethesda15.1 mi away

4%628

Clarksburg (in town)right here

4%516

Potomac15 mi away

3%445

Columbia21.8 mi away

2%353

Baltimore35.5 mi away

2%317

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%6,843

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

How far

How far Clarksburg commutes

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

26%

45%

26%

26%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarksburg is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarksburg are

3,913 jobs are based in Clarksburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clarksburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clarksburg

3,913 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Clarksburg residents hold

14,530 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+128%

Jobs based in Clarksburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,713 → 3,913. 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.