Work & commute · Mount Rainier

Work & commute in Mount Rainier, MD

Most working residents leave Mount Rainier for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (44%), Bethesda (3%) and Baltimore (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 3,399 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,361 Mount Rainier residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 549 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Rainier.

3,361live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

549work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Rainier goes to work

Washington, DC3.8 mi away

44%1,491

Bethesda8.8 mi away

3%110

Baltimore31.2 mi away

3%89

Arlington, VA8.6 mi away

2%74

Silver Spring5.1 mi away

2%71

College Park4 mi away

2%67

Rockville14.2 mi away

1%43

North Bethesda10.6 mi away

1%42

Hyattsville1.4 mi away

1%41

Mount Rainier (in town)right here

1%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,333

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

How far

How far Mount Rainier commutes

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

69%

19%

69%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Rainier 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 Mount Rainier are

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

Jobs based in Mount Rainier

587 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Mount Rainier residents hold

3,399 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−13%

Jobs based in Mount Rainier, 2013 → 2023: 673 → 587. 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.