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Work & commute in Damascus, MD

Most working residents leave Damascus for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Rockville (12%), Gaithersburg (7%) and Washington (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
350 of 8,378 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
38 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
27%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,028 Damascus residents head out of town to work, 350 work right here, and 2,063 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Damascus.

8,028live here, work elsewhere
350live and work here
2,063work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Damascus goes to work

WashingtonGaithersburgRockvilleFrederickBaltimoreMontgomery VillageNorth BethesdaClarksburgBallenger CreekBethesdaDamascusGermantownGreen ValleyOlneyPotomacRockvilleGaithersburgWashingtonGermantownBethesdaNorth BethesdaPotomacFrederickBaltimoreDamascus
1
Rockville13.1 mi away
12%1,015
2
Gaithersburg8.5 mi away
7%585
3
Washington, DC27.1 mi away
6%543
4
Germantown7.6 mi away
5%389
5
Bethesda20 mi away
4%354
6
Damascus (in town)right here
4%350
7
North Bethesda16.7 mi away
3%287
8
Potomac17.8 mi away
3%225
9
Frederick16.3 mi away
3%210
10
Baltimore31.4 mi away
2%192
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%4,228

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

How far

How far Damascus commutes

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

24%Under 10 mi
51%10–24 mi
22%25–50 mi
3%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Damascus is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Damascus are

2,413 jobs are based in Damascus. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Damascus’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Damascus

2,413 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)71%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Damascus residents hold

8,378 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)76%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%
Over $3,333 a month72%
−0%

Jobs based in Damascus, 2013 → 2023: 2,424 → 2,413. 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.

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