Work & commute · North Laurel

Work & commute in North Laurel, MD

Most working residents leave North Laurel for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (9%), Baltimore (9%) and Washington (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

303 of 10,288 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 9,985 North Laurel residents head out of town to work, 303 work right here, and 6,769 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Laurel.

9,985live here, work elsewhere

303live and work here

6,769work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Laurel goes to work

Columbia5 mi away

9%959

Baltimore17.6 mi away

9%952

Washington, DC17.8 mi away

6%626

Fulton3.5 mi away

4%371

North Laurel (in town)right here

3%303

Laurel2.4 mi away

2%243

Ellicott City10.2 mi away

2%238

College Park10.2 mi away

2%205

Beltsville7.1 mi away

2%196

Bethesda17.3 mi away

2%187

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%6,008

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

How far

How far North Laurel commutes

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

38%

52%

38%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Laurel is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Laurel are

7,072 jobs are based in North Laurel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Laurel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Laurel

7,072 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs North Laurel residents hold

10,288 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+23%

Jobs based in North Laurel, 2013 → 2023: 5,771 → 7,072. 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.