Work & commute · Fort Washington

Work & commute in Fort Washington, MD

Most working residents leave Fort Washington for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (26%), Arlington (5%) and Alexandria (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

198 of 10,424 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,226 Fort Washington residents head out of town to work, 198 work right here, and 2,444 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Washington.

10,226live here, work elsewhere

198live and work here

2,444work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Washington goes to work

Washington, DC11.9 mi away

26%2,684

Arlington, VA11.3 mi away

5%494

Alexandria, VA7.2 mi away

4%454

National Harbor3.6 mi away

3%337

Baltimore44.7 mi away

3%263

Fort Washington (in town)right here

2%198

Tysons, VA17.6 mi away

2%167

Bethesda18.6 mi away

1%148

Waldorf9.6 mi away

1%140

Lake Arbor15.5 mi away

1%129

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%5,410

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

How far

How far Fort Washington commutes

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

27%

53%

15%

27%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Washington is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Washington are

2,642 jobs are based in Fort Washington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Washington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Washington

2,642 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Fort Washington residents hold

10,424 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−12%

Jobs based in Fort Washington, 2013 → 2023: 3,018 → 2,642. 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.