Work & commute · Friendly

Work & commute in Friendly, MD

Most working residents leave Friendly for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (25%), Arlington (5%) and Alexandria (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 4,194 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,150 Friendly residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 423 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Friendly.

4,150live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

423work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Friendly goes to work

Washington, DC10.3 mi away

25%1,057

Arlington, VA10.9 mi away

5%191

Alexandria, VA7.5 mi away

3%146

National Harbor2.8 mi away

3%130

Baltimore41.9 mi away

3%106

Bethesda17.7 mi away

2%72

Tysons, VA17.9 mi away

2%72

Waldorf10.4 mi away

2%70

Lake Arbor12.6 mi away

1%60

Clinton3.4 mi away

1%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%2,234

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

How far

How far Friendly commutes

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

29%

50%

17%

29%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Friendly is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Friendly are

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

Jobs based in Friendly

467 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Friendly residents hold

4,194 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−29%

Jobs based in Friendly, 2013 → 2023: 659 → 467. 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.