Work & commute · Lanham

Work & commute in Lanham, MD

Most working residents leave Lanham for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (24%), Baltimore (3%) and Bethesda (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

147 of 4,851 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 4,704 Lanham residents head out of town to work, 147 work right here, and 6,865 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lanham.

4,704live here, work elsewhere

147live and work here

6,865work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lanham goes to work

Washington, DC10.3 mi away

24%1,141

Baltimore26.4 mi away

3%168

Lanham (in town)right here

3%147

Bethesda15.1 mi away

2%109

Beltsville6.9 mi away

2%99

Arlington, VA15.2 mi away

2%97

Columbia16.5 mi away

2%90

Greenbelt3.3 mi away

2%81

Bowie5.4 mi away

2%79

College Park5.7 mi away

1%71

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%2,769

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

How far

How far Lanham commutes

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

44%

10%

44%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

2%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lanham is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lanham are

7,012 jobs are based in Lanham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lanham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lanham

7,012 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Lanham residents hold

4,851 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+11%

Jobs based in Lanham, 2013 → 2023: 6,308 → 7,012. 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.