Work & commute · Leisure World

Work & commute in Leisure World, MD

Most working residents leave Leisure World for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (14%), Rockville (8%) and Bethesda (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 2,452 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,416 Leisure World residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 884 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leisure World.

2,416live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

884work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leisure World goes to work

Washington, DC14.1 mi away

14%346

Rockville4.9 mi away

8%187

Bethesda8.5 mi away

5%125

North Bethesda5.4 mi away

5%113

Baltimore28 mi away

3%76

Silver Spring7.5 mi away

3%63

Arlington, VA15.7 mi away

2%61

Gaithersburg7.4 mi away

2%60

Columbia13.1 mi away

2%57

Potomac9.2 mi away

2%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,310

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

How far

How far Leisure World commutes

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

40%

42%

12%

40%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leisure World is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Leisure World are

920 jobs are based in Leisure World. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Leisure World’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Leisure World

920 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Leisure World residents hold

2,452 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+6%

Jobs based in Leisure World, 2013 → 2023: 871 → 920. 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.