Work & commute · Lansdowne

Work & commute in Lansdowne, MD

Most working residents leave Lansdowne for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (20%), Columbia (4%) and Linthicum (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

96 of 3,442 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,346 Lansdowne residents head out of town to work, 96 work right here, and 4,381 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lansdowne.

3,346live here, work elsewhere

96live and work here

4,381work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lansdowne goes to work

Baltimore5.3 mi away

20%705

Columbia10.7 mi away

4%154

Linthicum1.8 mi away

3%116

Arbutus1.5 mi away

3%112

Glen Burnie6.3 mi away

3%98

Lansdowne (in town)right here

3%96

Catonsville4.6 mi away

3%92

Elkridge5 mi away

2%81

Washington, DC29.7 mi away

2%75

Severn7.1 mi away

2%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,846

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

How far

How far Lansdowne commutes

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

56%

27%

13%

56%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lansdowne is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lansdowne are

4,477 jobs are based in Lansdowne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lansdowne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lansdowne

4,477 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Lansdowne residents hold

3,442 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+39%

Jobs based in Lansdowne, 2013 → 2023: 3,232 → 4,477. 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.