Work & commute · Forest Glen

Work & commute in Forest Glen, MD

Most working residents leave Forest Glen for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (30%), Bethesda (7%) and Rockville (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54 of 2,850 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,796 Forest Glen residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 3,933 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forest Glen.

2,796live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

3,933work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Forest Glen goes to work

Washington, DC8.1 mi away

30%862

Bethesda4.5 mi away

7%199

Rockville7.4 mi away

5%149

Silver Spring1.7 mi away

4%125

North Bethesda4.2 mi away

4%100

Potomac8 mi away

3%99

Arlington, VA10.2 mi away

2%71

Baltimore30.3 mi away

2%65

Forest Glen (in town)right here

2%54

Gaithersburg12 mi away

2%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,075

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

How far

How far Forest Glen commutes

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

70%

19%

70%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Forest Glen is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Forest Glen are

3,987 jobs are based in Forest Glen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Forest Glen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Forest Glen

3,987 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Forest Glen residents hold

2,850 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

−3%

Jobs based in Forest Glen, 2013 → 2023: 4,126 → 3,987. 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.