Work & commute · Colesville

Work & commute in Colesville, MD

Most working residents leave Colesville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (20%), Rockville (6%) and Bethesda (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

131 of 6,548 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,417 Colesville residents head out of town to work, 131 work right here, and 1,829 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colesville.

6,417live here, work elsewhere

131live and work here

1,829work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colesville goes to work

Washington, DC11.7 mi away

20%1,303

Rockville8.3 mi away

6%413

Bethesda8.7 mi away

4%279

Baltimore26.1 mi away

3%216

North Bethesda6.9 mi away

3%198

Silver Spring5 mi away

3%190

Potomac11.1 mi away

3%189

Columbia11.7 mi away

3%176

Colesville (in town)right here

2%131

College Park6.3 mi away

2%127

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%3,326

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

How far

How far Colesville commutes

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

41%

47%

41%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colesville is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Colesville are

1,960 jobs are based in Colesville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Colesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Colesville

1,960 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Colesville residents hold

6,548 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+19%

Jobs based in Colesville, 2013 → 2023: 1,651 → 1,960. 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.