Work & commute · Marlow Heights

Work & commute in Marlow Heights, MD

Most working residents leave Marlow Heights for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (32%), Arlington (5%) and National Harbor (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 2,327 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,283 Marlow Heights residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 2,095 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marlow Heights.

2,283live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

2,095work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marlow Heights goes to work

Washington, DC7 mi away

32%753

Arlington, VA9.5 mi away

5%121

National Harbor4.5 mi away

3%69

Baltimore37.5 mi away

3%65

Alexandria, VA7.7 mi away

3%65

Marlow Heights (in town)right here

2%44

Waldorf14.2 mi away

1%32

Bethesda14.9 mi away

1%30

North Bethesda17.7 mi away

1%26

Clinton5.7 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,097

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

How far

How far Marlow Heights commutes

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

60%

24%

12%

60%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marlow Heights is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Marlow Heights are

2,139 jobs are based in Marlow Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marlow Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marlow Heights

2,139 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Marlow Heights residents hold

2,327 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−5%

Jobs based in Marlow Heights, 2013 → 2023: 2,247 → 2,139. 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.