Work & commute · Green Valley

Work & commute in Green Valley, MD

Most working residents leave Green Valley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Frederick (10%), Rockville (9%) and Gaithersburg (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

132 of 5,772 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,640 Green Valley residents head out of town to work, 132 work right here, and 1,019 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Green Valley.

5,640live here, work elsewhere

132live and work here

1,019work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Green Valley goes to work

Frederick11.3 mi away

10%563

Rockville18.4 mi away

9%509

Gaithersburg13.6 mi away

6%331

Ballenger Creek10 mi away

4%206

Baltimore33.8 mi away

3%177

Mount Airy5.1 mi away

3%167

Germantown11.6 mi away

3%153

North Bethesda22 mi away

3%148

Washington, DC32.5 mi away

3%147

Urbana5.5 mi away

2%138

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%3,233

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

How far

How far Green Valley commutes

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

20%

49%

27%

20%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Green Valley is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Green Valley are

1,151 jobs are based in Green Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Green Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Green Valley

1,151 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Green Valley residents hold

5,772 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+6%

Jobs based in Green Valley, 2013 → 2023: 1,088 → 1,151. 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.