Work & commute · Frederick

Work & commute in Frederick, MD

About one in 4 of Frederick’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ballenger Creek (8%), Rockville (4%) and Gaithersburg (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

8,866 of 37,020 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 28,154 Frederick residents head out of town to work, 8,866 work right here, and 37,272 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frederick.

28,154live here, work elsewhere

8,866live and work here

37,272work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frederick goes to work

Frederick (in town)right here

24%8,866

Ballenger Creek4 mi away

8%3,074

Rockville28.1 mi away

4%1,539

Gaithersburg23.1 mi away

3%1,263

Baltimore43.9 mi away

3%1,130

Washington, DC42.6 mi away

3%1,098

Bethesda34.9 mi away

2%781

Columbia33.8 mi away

2%679

North Bethesda31.8 mi away

2%624

Germantown19.9 mi away

2%621

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%17,345

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

How far

How far Frederick commutes

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

38%

16%

38%

38%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frederick is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Frederick are

46,138 jobs are based in Frederick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Frederick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Frederick

46,138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Frederick residents hold

37,020 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+5%

Jobs based in Frederick, 2013 → 2023: 44,078 → 46,138. 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.