Work & commute · Jessup

Work & commute in Jessup, MD

Most working residents leave Jessup for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (11%), Baltimore (10%) and Columbia (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

82 of 3,423 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,341 Jessup residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 14,891 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jessup.

3,341live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

14,891work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jessup goes to work

Washington, DC21.2 mi away

11%360

Baltimore13.8 mi away

10%342

Columbia5.7 mi away

9%292

Jessup (in town)right here

2%82

Elkridge3.7 mi away

2%72

Bethesda21.4 mi away

2%68

Ellicott City9.3 mi away

2%62

Fulton7.2 mi away

2%60

Severn4.4 mi away

2%54

Glen Burnie9.1 mi away

2%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,978

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

How far

How far Jessup commutes

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

34%

51%

34%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jessup is a job hub

4.37jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Jessup are

14,973 jobs are based in Jessup. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jessup’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jessup

14,973 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Jessup residents hold

3,423 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−5%

Jobs based in Jessup, 2013 → 2023: 15,820 → 14,973. 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.