Work & commute · Odenton

Work & commute in Odenton, MD

Most working residents leave Odenton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (9%), Washington (7%) and Columbia (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

893 of 17,999 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,106 Odenton residents head out of town to work, 893 work right here, and 9,717 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Odenton.

17,106live here, work elsewhere

893live and work here

9,717work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Odenton goes to work

Baltimore16.8 mi away

9%1,611

Washington, DC20.6 mi away

7%1,324

Columbia12.9 mi away

6%997

Odenton (in town)right here

5%893

Parole9.3 mi away

5%841

Annapolis12 mi away

3%469

Glen Burnie7.8 mi away

2%430

Severn4.8 mi away

2%418

Linthicum10 mi away

2%349

Bowie8.1 mi away

2%277

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%10,390

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

How far

How far Odenton commutes

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

31%

56%

10%

31%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Odenton is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Odenton are

10,610 jobs are based in Odenton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Odenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Odenton

10,610 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Odenton residents hold

17,999 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+30%

Jobs based in Odenton, 2013 → 2023: 8,154 → 10,610. 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.