Work & commute · Pasadena

Work & commute in Pasadena, MD

Most working residents leave Pasadena for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (14%), Glen Burnie (7%) and Parole (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

507 of 14,865 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

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,358 Pasadena residents head out of town to work, 507 work right here, and 6,386 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pasadena.

14,358live here, work elsewhere

507live and work here

6,386work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pasadena goes to work

Baltimore10.5 mi away

14%2,101

Glen Burnie2.5 mi away

7%979

Parole11.4 mi away

5%810

Columbia16.3 mi away

5%675

Pasadena (in town)right here

3%507

Linthicum6.8 mi away

3%469

Severna Park4.6 mi away

3%416

Washington, DC29.9 mi away

3%398

Annapolis12.8 mi away

2%362

Severn7.3 mi away

2%319

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%7,829

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

How far

How far Pasadena commutes

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

37%

46%

14%

37%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pasadena is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pasadena are

6,893 jobs are based in Pasadena. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pasadena’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pasadena

6,893 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Pasadena residents hold

14,865 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+1%

Jobs based in Pasadena, 2013 → 2023: 6,797 → 6,893. 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.