Work & commute · Glenn Dale

Work & commute in Glenn Dale, MD

Most working residents leave Glenn Dale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (24%), Baltimore (4%) and Bethesda (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

88 of 6,622 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,534 Glenn Dale residents head out of town to work, 88 work right here, and 2,622 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glenn Dale.

6,534live here, work elsewhere

88live and work here

2,622work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glenn Dale goes to work

Washington, DC12.9 mi away

24%1,576

Baltimore24 mi away

4%268

Bethesda17.1 mi away

2%160

Bowie3.9 mi away

2%148

Columbia15.3 mi away

2%148

Beltsville7.5 mi away

2%137

College Park7.3 mi away

2%126

Arlington, VA17.7 mi away

2%114

Lake Arbor5.5 mi away

2%110

Silver Spring11.9 mi away

2%110

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%3,725

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

How far

How far Glenn Dale commutes

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

30%

59%

30%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glenn Dale is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glenn Dale are

2,710 jobs are based in Glenn Dale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glenn Dale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glenn Dale

2,710 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Glenn Dale residents hold

6,622 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+8%

Jobs based in Glenn Dale, 2013 → 2023: 2,507 → 2,710. 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.