Work & commute · Olney

Work & commute in Olney, MD

Most working residents leave Olney for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (11%), Rockville (10%) and Bethesda (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

964 of 17,860 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,896 Olney residents head out of town to work, 964 work right here, and 6,678 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olney.

16,896live here, work elsewhere

964live and work here

6,678work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olney goes to work

Washington, DC16.8 mi away

11%2,016

Rockville6.2 mi away

10%1,823

Bethesda11.1 mi away

6%1,070

Olney (in town)right here

5%964

North Bethesda7.9 mi away

4%710

Gaithersburg6.6 mi away

4%655

Potomac11.2 mi away

4%629

Columbia12 mi away

3%499

Baltimore26.9 mi away

2%419

Silver Spring10.2 mi away

2%405

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%8,670

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

How far

How far Olney commutes

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

41%

47%

41%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olney is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Olney are

7,642 jobs are based in Olney. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Olney’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Olney

7,642 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Olney residents hold

17,860 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+9%

Jobs based in Olney, 2013 → 2023: 7,035 → 7,642. 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.