Work & commute · Lexington Park

Work & commute in Lexington Park, MD

Most working residents leave Lexington Park for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are California (15%), Washington (7%) and Leonardtown (5%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

233 of 5,128 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,895 Lexington Park residents head out of town to work, 233 work right here, and 2,400 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lexington Park.

4,895live here, work elsewhere

233live and work here

2,400work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lexington Park goes to work

California4.2 mi away

15%771

Washington, DC54.8 mi away

7%334

Leonardtown11.3 mi away

5%276

Lexington Park (in town)right here

5%233

Wildewood6.9 mi away

3%149

Waldorf35.8 mi away

2%127

Baltimore73.1 mi away

2%114

Prince Frederick21.8 mi away

1%64

Solomons5.9 mi away

1%61

Parole51.4 mi away

1%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%2,943

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

How far

How far Lexington Park commutes

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

39%

10%

13%

38%

39%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lexington Park is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lexington Park are

2,633 jobs are based in Lexington Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lexington Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lexington Park

2,633 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Lexington Park residents hold

5,128 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−46%

Jobs based in Lexington Park, 2013 → 2023: 4,863 → 2,633. 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.