Work & commute · Indian Head

Work & commute in Indian Head, MD

Most working residents leave Indian Head for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (19%), Waldorf (8%) and La Plata (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 1,684 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,659 Indian Head residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 362 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Indian Head.

1,659live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

362work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Indian Head goes to work

Washington, DC22.4 mi away

19%317

Waldorf13.4 mi away

8%134

La Plata10.7 mi away

6%100

Baltimore56.6 mi away

2%41

Arlington, VA19.6 mi away

2%40

Alexandria, VA15.7 mi away

2%38

Indian Head (in town)right here

1%25

Clinton16.6 mi away

1%24

Columbia44.6 mi away

1%22

Lake Arbor27.6 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%925

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

How far

How far Indian Head commutes

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

55%

26%

11%

8%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Indian Head is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Indian Head are

387 jobs are based in Indian Head. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Indian Head’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Indian Head

387 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Indian Head residents hold

1,684 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+13%

Jobs based in Indian Head, 2013 → 2023: 342 → 387. 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.