Work & commute · Fulton

Work & commute in Fulton, MD

Most working residents leave Fulton for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (12%), Baltimore (11%) and Washington (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

291 of 2,550 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,259 Fulton residents head out of town to work, 291 work right here, and 14,817 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fulton.

2,259live here, work elsewhere

291live and work here

14,817work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fulton goes to work

Columbia4.4 mi away

12%304

Fulton (in town)right here

11%291

Baltimore19 mi away

11%287

Washington, DC18.1 mi away

3%84

Potomac17.9 mi away

3%71

Bethesda16 mi away

3%69

Ellicott City9.4 mi away

3%69

Rockville13.9 mi away

2%62

College Park10.9 mi away

2%50

Gaithersburg15.2 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,226

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

How far

How far Fulton commutes

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

37%

52%

37%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fulton is a job hub

5.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

5.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fulton are

15,108 jobs are based in Fulton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fulton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fulton

15,108 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month87%

Jobs Fulton residents hold

2,550 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month80%

+506%

Jobs based in Fulton, 2013 → 2023: 2,493 → 15,108. 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.