Work & commute · Lake Arbor

Work & commute in Lake Arbor, MD

Most working residents leave Lake Arbor for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (32%), Baltimore (4%) and Arlington (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

210 of 6,695 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,485 Lake Arbor residents head out of town to work, 210 work right here, and 13,610 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Arbor.

6,485live here, work elsewhere

210live and work here

13,610work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Arbor goes to work

Washington, DC9.9 mi away

32%2,113

Baltimore29.5 mi away

4%239

Lake Arbor (in town)right here

3%210

Arlington, VA14.6 mi away

2%156

Bethesda16.3 mi away

2%152

Columbia20.2 mi away

2%103

Bowie5.9 mi away

2%101

Alexandria, VA14.9 mi away

1%100

Beltsville10.2 mi away

1%96

Rockville21.1 mi away

1%88

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%3,337

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

How far

How far Lake Arbor commutes

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

38%

48%

11%

38%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

2%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Arbor is a job hub

2.06jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Arbor are

13,820 jobs are based in Lake Arbor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Arbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Arbor

13,820 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Lake Arbor residents hold

6,695 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+144%

Jobs based in Lake Arbor, 2013 → 2023: 5,655 → 13,820. 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.