Work & commute · North Bethesda

Work & commute in North Bethesda, MD

Most working residents leave North Bethesda for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (20%), Bethesda (10%) and Rockville (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,854 of 20,912 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,058 North Bethesda residents head out of town to work, 1,854 work right here, and 40,657 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Bethesda.

19,058live here, work elsewhere

1,854live and work here

40,657work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Bethesda goes to work

Washington, DC10.7 mi away

20%4,129

Bethesda3.4 mi away

10%2,186

North Bethesda (in town)right here

9%1,854

Rockville3.8 mi away

7%1,556

Potomac4.3 mi away

4%768

Gaithersburg8.7 mi away

3%721

Arlington, VA11 mi away

2%487

Baltimore32.8 mi away

2%486

Silver Spring5.8 mi away

2%481

Tysons, VA9.8 mi away

2%410

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%7,834

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

How far

How far North Bethesda commutes

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

53%

36%

53%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Bethesda is a job hub

2.03jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Bethesda are

42,511 jobs are based in North Bethesda. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Bethesda’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Bethesda

42,511 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs North Bethesda residents hold

20,912 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month79%

−27%

Jobs based in North Bethesda, 2013 → 2023: 58,376 → 42,511. 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.