Work & commute · Fairland

Work & commute in Fairland, MD

Most working residents leave Fairland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (18%), Rockville (6%) and Bethesda (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

248 of 10,880 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,632 Fairland residents head out of town to work, 248 work right here, and 4,248 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairland.

10,632live here, work elsewhere

248live and work here

4,248work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairland goes to work

Washington, DC12.7 mi away

18%1,940

Rockville10.9 mi away

6%639

Bethesda11.1 mi away

4%468

Columbia9.7 mi away

4%400

Baltimore23.7 mi away

4%392

Silver Spring6.6 mi away

3%320

North Bethesda9.5 mi away

3%306

Fairland (in town)right here

2%248

Gaithersburg13.8 mi away

2%234

Calverton1.6 mi away

2%229

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%5,704

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

How far

How far Fairland commutes

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

34%

57%

34%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairland is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairland are

4,496 jobs are based in Fairland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fairland

4,496 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Fairland residents hold

10,880 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−25%

Jobs based in Fairland, 2013 → 2023: 5,981 → 4,496. 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.