Work & commute · East Riverdale

Work & commute in East Riverdale, MD

Most working residents leave East Riverdale for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (25%), Baltimore (3%) and Bethesda (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

97 of 5,751 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,654 East Riverdale residents head out of town to work, 97 work right here, and 8,704 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Riverdale.

5,654live here, work elsewhere

97live and work here

8,704work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Riverdale goes to work

Washington, DC6.8 mi away

25%1,451

Baltimore28.5 mi away

3%162

Bethesda11.3 mi away

3%151

College Park2.9 mi away

2%137

Beltsville5.6 mi away

2%123

Silver Spring6.6 mi away

2%110

Riverdale Park1 mi away

2%97

East Riverdale (in town)right here

2%97

Greenbelt2.8 mi away

2%88

Arlington, VA11.6 mi away

2%87

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%3,248

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

How far

How far East Riverdale commutes

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

59%

28%

10%

59%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Riverdale is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Riverdale are

8,801 jobs are based in East Riverdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Riverdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Riverdale

8,801 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs East Riverdale residents hold

5,751 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+124%

Jobs based in East Riverdale, 2013 → 2023: 3,935 → 8,801. 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.