Work & commute · North Potomac

Work & commute in North Potomac, MD

Most working residents leave North Potomac for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Rockville (12%), Washington (10%) and Bethesda (9%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

373 of 10,444 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,071 North Potomac residents head out of town to work, 373 work right here, and 3,395 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Potomac.

10,071live here, work elsewhere

373live and work here

3,395work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Potomac goes to work

Rockville4.5 mi away

12%1,204

Washington, DC17.9 mi away

10%1,069

Bethesda9.9 mi away

9%952

Gaithersburg4.3 mi away

8%852

North Bethesda7.6 mi away

5%503

Potomac6.2 mi away

5%476

North Potomac (in town)right here

4%373

Germantown5.5 mi away

3%282

Tysons, VA12.1 mi away

2%234

Baltimore36.4 mi away

2%223

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%4,276

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

How far

How far North Potomac commutes

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

49%

38%

49%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Potomac is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Potomac are

3,768 jobs are based in North Potomac. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Potomac’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Potomac

3,768 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs North Potomac residents hold

10,444 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month80%

+13%

Jobs based in North Potomac, 2013 → 2023: 3,329 → 3,768. 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.