Work & commute · Monrovia

Work & commute in Monrovia, MD

Most working residents leave Monrovia for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Frederick (10%), Rockville (10%) and Gaithersburg (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 1,370 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,364 Monrovia residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 224 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monrovia.

1,364live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

224work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monrovia goes to work

Frederick9.1 mi away

10%132

Rockville20.1 mi away

10%131

Gaithersburg15.2 mi away

9%120

Germantown12.8 mi away

4%58

Ballenger Creek7.9 mi away

4%57

North Bethesda23.8 mi away

4%53

Baltimore35.7 mi away

3%36

Urbana4.3 mi away

3%36

Columbia24.8 mi away

2%31

Washington, DC34.4 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%686

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

How far

How far Monrovia commutes

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

25%

43%

28%

25%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monrovia is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monrovia are

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

Jobs based in Monrovia

230 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Monrovia residents hold

1,370 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+304%

Jobs based in Monrovia, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 230. 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.