Work & commute · Darnestown

Work & commute in Darnestown, MD

Most working residents leave Darnestown for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (12%), Gaithersburg (10%) and Rockville (9%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

85 of 3,136 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,051 Darnestown residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 974 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Darnestown.

3,051live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

974work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Darnestown goes to work

Washington, DC20.4 mi away

12%364

Gaithersburg7.4 mi away

10%327

Rockville8.4 mi away

9%296

Bethesda12.5 mi away

7%212

North Bethesda10.9 mi away

4%116

Potomac8.2 mi away

3%103

Germantown6.4 mi away

3%86

Darnestown (in town)right here

3%85

Columbia25.4 mi away

2%78

Baltimore40.2 mi away

2%75

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,394

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

How far

How far Darnestown commutes

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

39%

44%

13%

39%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Darnestown is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Darnestown are

1,059 jobs are based in Darnestown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Darnestown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Darnestown

1,059 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Darnestown residents hold

3,136 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+12%

Jobs based in Darnestown, 2013 → 2023: 949 → 1,059. 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.