Work & commute · Derwood

Work & commute in Derwood, MD

Most working residents leave Derwood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rockville (12%), Washington (12%) and Bethesda (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 960 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 946 Derwood residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 2,205 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Derwood.

946live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

2,205work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Derwood goes to work

Rockville2.1 mi away

12%117

Washington, DC16.2 mi away

12%112

Bethesda8.9 mi away

8%81

Gaithersburg3.4 mi away

6%56

North Bethesda5.6 mi away

6%54

Potomac7.3 mi away

4%42

Baltimore31.6 mi away

3%31

Germantown7.4 mi away

3%25

Silver Spring10.4 mi away

2%23

Tysons, VA14 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%398

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

How far

How far Derwood commutes

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

51%

34%

10%

51%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Derwood is a job hub

2.31jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Derwood are

2,219 jobs are based in Derwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Derwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Derwood

2,219 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Derwood residents hold

960 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+17%

Jobs based in Derwood, 2013 → 2023: 1,896 → 2,219. 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.