Work & commute · North Kensington

Work & commute in North Kensington, MD

Most working residents leave North Kensington for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (23%), Bethesda (10%) and Rockville (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

83 of 3,990 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,907 North Kensington residents head out of town to work, 83 work right here, and 1,688 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Kensington.

3,907live here, work elsewhere

83live and work here

1,688work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Kensington goes to work

Washington, DC9.8 mi away

23%936

Bethesda4.4 mi away

10%399

Rockville5.5 mi away

7%292

North Bethesda2.6 mi away

4%177

Silver Spring3.7 mi away

3%106

Potomac6.8 mi away

2%99

Gaithersburg10.1 mi away

2%94

Arlington, VA11.2 mi away

2%92

North Kensington (in town)right here

2%83

Baltimore30.6 mi away

2%82

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,630

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

How far

How far North Kensington commutes

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

63%

26%

63%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Kensington is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Kensington are

1,771 jobs are based in North Kensington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Kensington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Kensington

1,771 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs North Kensington residents hold

3,990 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−5%

Jobs based in North Kensington, 2013 → 2023: 1,868 → 1,771. 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.