Work & commute · Cottage

Work & commute in Cottage, MD

Most working residents leave Cottage for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (37%), Arlington (3%) and Bethesda (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 552 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 551 Cottage residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 250 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cottage.

551live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

250work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cottage goes to work

Washington, DC4.3 mi away

37%205

Arlington, VA9.1 mi away

3%18

Bethesda9.7 mi away

3%17

Rockville14.9 mi away

3%15

College Park4.1 mi away

2%13

Baltimore30.9 mi away

2%11

Silver Spring5.9 mi away

2%10

Beltsville7.2 mi away

2%9

Hyattsville1.6 mi away

1%8

Greenbelt5.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%239

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

How far

How far Cottage commutes

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

69%

20%

69%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cottage is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cottage are

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

Jobs based in Cottage

251 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Cottage residents hold

552 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−47%

Jobs based in Cottage, 2013 → 2023: 473 → 251. 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.