Work & commute · Hillcrest Heights

Work & commute in Hillcrest Heights, MD

Most working residents leave Hillcrest Heights for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (40%), Arlington (4%) and Alexandria (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48 of 6,297 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,249 Hillcrest Heights residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 937 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hillcrest Heights.

6,249live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

937work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hillcrest Heights goes to work

Washington, DC5.3 mi away

40%2,509

Arlington, VA7.6 mi away

4%264

Alexandria, VA6.2 mi away

3%187

Baltimore37.4 mi away

2%111

National Harbor4.2 mi away

1%84

Bethesda13.1 mi away

1%83

Tysons, VA15 mi away

1%79

Lake Arbor9 mi away

1%76

Clinton7.3 mi away

1%70

Beltsville14.3 mi away

1%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%2,772

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

How far

How far Hillcrest Heights commutes

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

65%

22%

10%

65%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hillcrest Heights is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hillcrest Heights are

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

Jobs based in Hillcrest Heights

985 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Hillcrest Heights residents hold

6,297 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−1%

Jobs based in Hillcrest Heights, 2013 → 2023: 993 → 985. 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.