Work & commute · Hyattsville

Work & commute in Hyattsville, MD

Most working residents leave Hyattsville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (37%), College Park (4%) and Bethesda (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

257 of 8,331 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,074 Hyattsville residents head out of town to work, 257 work right here, and 7,521 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hyattsville.

8,074live here, work elsewhere

257live and work here

7,521work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hyattsville goes to work

Washington, DC5.1 mi away

37%3,085

College Park2.6 mi away

4%324

Hyattsville (in town)right here

3%257

Bethesda9 mi away

3%225

Arlington, VA9.7 mi away

2%199

Baltimore29.8 mi away

2%179

Silver Spring4.5 mi away

2%173

Rockville13.7 mi away

2%138

North Bethesda10.3 mi away

2%134

Beltsville5.7 mi away

2%129

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%3,488

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

How far

How far Hyattsville commutes

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

68%

21%

68%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hyattsville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hyattsville are

7,778 jobs are based in Hyattsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hyattsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hyattsville

7,778 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Hyattsville residents hold

8,331 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+13%

Jobs based in Hyattsville, 2013 → 2023: 6,908 → 7,778. 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.