Work & commute · Landover

Work & commute in Landover, MD

Most working residents leave Landover for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (31%), Baltimore (3%) and Arlington (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

251 of 9,888 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,637 Landover residents head out of town to work, 251 work right here, and 6,959 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Landover.

9,637live here, work elsewhere

251live and work here

6,959work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Landover goes to work

Washington, DC7.1 mi away

31%3,099

Baltimore29.9 mi away

3%263

Landover (in town)right here

3%251

Arlington, VA11.9 mi away

2%191

Bethesda13.2 mi away

2%172

Beltsville8.2 mi away

2%168

Lake Arbor3.2 mi away

2%161

Bowie8.3 mi away

1%136

Columbia19.2 mi away

1%126

College Park5.6 mi away

1%125

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%5,196

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

How far

How far Landover commutes

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

62%

25%

10%

62%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Landover is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Landover are

7,210 jobs are based in Landover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Landover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Landover

7,210 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Landover residents hold

9,888 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+21%

Jobs based in Landover, 2013 → 2023: 5,946 → 7,210. 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.