Work & commute · Owings

Work & commute in Owings, MD

Most working residents leave Owings for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (7%), Prince Frederick (7%) and Lake Arbor (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 726 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 715 Owings residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 367 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Owings.

715live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

367work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Owings goes to work

Washington, DC25.9 mi away

7%50

Prince Frederick11.7 mi away

7%49

Lake Arbor18.3 mi away

3%25

Dunkirk4 mi away

3%24

Baltimore40.6 mi away

3%20

California29.3 mi away

2%17

Suitland19.6 mi away

2%16

Bowie18.3 mi away

2%15

Huntingtown7.4 mi away

2%12

Owings (in town)right here

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%487

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

How far

How far Owings commutes

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

20%

41%

33%

20%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Owings is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Owings are

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

Jobs based in Owings

378 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Owings residents hold

726 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+36%

Jobs based in Owings, 2013 → 2023: 277 → 378. 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.