Work & commute · Marlboro Meadows

Work & commute in Marlboro Meadows, MD

Most working residents leave Marlboro Meadows for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (23%), Baltimore (3%) and Parole (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 1,748 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,736 Marlboro Meadows residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marlboro Meadows.

1,736live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

227work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marlboro Meadows goes to work

Washington, DC17 mi away

23%403

Baltimore32.2 mi away

3%57

Parole13.2 mi away

3%50

Arlington, VA21.1 mi away

3%45

Columbia26.1 mi away

2%37

Lake Arbor8 mi away

2%33

Bowie8 mi away

2%28

Greenbelt14.1 mi away

1%25

Brock Hall1.9 mi away

1%25

Alexandria, VA20.1 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,021

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

How far

How far Marlboro Meadows commutes

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

16%

62%

18%

16%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marlboro Meadows is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marlboro Meadows are

239 jobs are based in Marlboro Meadows. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marlboro Meadows’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marlboro Meadows

239 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Marlboro Meadows residents hold

1,748 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+71%

Jobs based in Marlboro Meadows, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 239. 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.