Work & commute · Langley Park

Work & commute in Langley Park, MD

Most working residents leave Langley Park for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (21%), Bethesda (4%) and Baltimore (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

76 of 3,819 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,743 Langley Park residents head out of town to work, 76 work right here, and 1,581 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Langley Park.

3,743live here, work elsewhere

76live and work here

1,581work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Langley Park goes to work

Washington, DC6.2 mi away

21%821

Bethesda7.4 mi away

4%153

Baltimore29.2 mi away

3%113

Silver Spring2.3 mi away

3%107

College Park2.4 mi away

2%87

Beltsville4.8 mi away

2%85

North Bethesda8.2 mi away

2%82

Rockville11.4 mi away

2%81

Langley Park (in town)right here

2%76

Arlington, VA10 mi away

2%61

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%2,153

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

How far

How far Langley Park commutes

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

59%

26%

10%

59%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Langley Park is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Langley Park are

1,657 jobs are based in Langley Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Langley Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Langley Park

1,657 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Langley Park residents hold

3,819 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−2%

Jobs based in Langley Park, 2013 → 2023: 1,694 → 1,657. 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.