Work & commute · Melwood

Work & commute in Melwood, MD

Most working residents leave Melwood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (26%), Baltimore (3%) and Arlington (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 1,587 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,571 Melwood residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 2,522 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Melwood.

1,571live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

2,522work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Melwood goes to work

Washington, DC11.8 mi away

26%413

Baltimore36.6 mi away

3%42

Arlington, VA14.9 mi away

3%42

Clinton5.4 mi away

2%31

Lake Arbor7.4 mi away

2%30

Silver Spring16.9 mi away

2%28

East Riverdale11.5 mi away

2%27

Alexandria, VA13.1 mi away

2%25

Bethesda19.6 mi away

2%25

Bowie11.9 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%900

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

How far

How far Melwood commutes

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

18%

60%

16%

18%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Melwood is a job hub

1.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Melwood are

2,538 jobs are based in Melwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Melwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Melwood

2,538 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Melwood residents hold

1,587 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+47%

Jobs based in Melwood, 2013 → 2023: 1,729 → 2,538. 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.