Work & commute · Fairmount Heights

Work & commute in Fairmount Heights, MD

Most working residents leave Fairmount Heights for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (35%), Arlington (3%) and Baltimore (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 617 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 614 Fairmount Heights residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairmount Heights.

614live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairmount Heights goes to work

Washington, DC5.4 mi away

35%216

Arlington, VA10.1 mi away

3%21

Baltimore32 mi away

2%12

Lake Arbor4.5 mi away

2%11

Beltsville9.6 mi away

2%11

Silver Spring9 mi away

2%10

Columbia20.9 mi away

2%10

Alexandria, VA10.7 mi away

1%9

East Riverdale4 mi away

1%8

Glenarden3.6 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%303

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

How far

How far Fairmount Heights commutes

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

64%

25%

64%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairmount Heights is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairmount Heights are

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

Jobs based in Fairmount Heights

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Fairmount Heights residents hold

617 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−19%

Jobs based in Fairmount Heights, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 38. 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.