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Work & commute · Edmonston

Work & commute in Edmonston, MD

Most working residents leave Edmonston for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (33%), College Park (4%) and Hyattsville (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
6 of 537 working residents
Typical commute
6 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 531 Edmonston residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 902 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edmonston.

531live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
902work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Edmonston goes to work

WashingtonEdmonstonBladensburgRiverdale ParkHyattsvilleCollege ParkGreenbeltBaltimoreEast RiverdaleSeabrookChillumLanhamCroftonSilver SpringBethesdaPotomacArlingtonWashingtonCollege ParkHyattsvilleBaltimoreArlingtonBethesdaPotomacSilver SpringGreenbeltEdmonston
1
Washington, DC5.6 mi away
33%178
2
College Park3.2 mi away
4%19
3
Hyattsville1.5 mi away
3%15
4
Baltimore29.6 mi away
3%15
5
Arlington, VA10.4 mi away
3%15
6
Bethesda10.4 mi away
2%13
7
Potomac14.7 mi away
2%10
8
Silver Spring6 mi away
1%8
9
Greenbelt3.9 mi away
1%7
10
Edmonston (in town)right here
1%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%251

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

How far

How far Edmonston commutes

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

61%Under 10 mi
24%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
4%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Edmonston is a job hub

1.69jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Edmonston are

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

Jobs based in Edmonston

908 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)59%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)23%
$1,250 a month or less7%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Edmonston residents hold

537 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)74%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month68%
−14%

Jobs based in Edmonston, 2013 → 2023: 1,053 → 908. 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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