Work & commute · Mitchellville

Work & commute in Mitchellville, MD

Most working residents leave Mitchellville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (28%), Baltimore (4%) and Lake Arbor (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

84 of 4,978 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 4,894 Mitchellville residents head out of town to work, 84 work right here, and 5,580 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mitchellville.

4,894live here, work elsewhere

84live and work here

5,580work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mitchellville goes to work

Washington, DC11.4 mi away

28%1,372

Baltimore27.2 mi away

4%175

Lake Arbor2.3 mi away

3%127

Bethesda17 mi away

3%126

Bowie3.9 mi away

2%118

Columbia18.5 mi away

2%94

Arlington, VA16.2 mi away

2%92

Beltsville9.3 mi away

2%88

Mitchellville (in town)right here

2%84

Lanham2.4 mi away

2%81

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%2,621

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

How far

How far Mitchellville commutes

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

26%

59%

12%

26%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mitchellville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mitchellville are

5,664 jobs are based in Mitchellville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mitchellville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mitchellville

5,664 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Mitchellville residents hold

4,978 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−5%

Jobs based in Mitchellville, 2013 → 2023: 5,969 → 5,664. 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.