Work & commute · Poolesville

Work & commute in Poolesville, MD

Most working residents leave Poolesville for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Rockville (10%), Gaithersburg (8%) and Washington (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

161 of 2,857 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,696 Poolesville residents head out of town to work, 161 work right here, and 618 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poolesville.

2,696live here, work elsewhere

161live and work here

618work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Poolesville goes to work

Rockville14.3 mi away

10%297

Gaithersburg11.6 mi away

8%220

Washington, DC26.9 mi away

7%211

Bethesda19.1 mi away

6%178

Poolesville (in town)right here

6%161

Germantown8.2 mi away

4%100

Potomac14.8 mi away

3%97

North Bethesda17.3 mi away

3%91

Frederick20.4 mi away

3%72

Ballenger Creek16.4 mi away

2%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,366

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

How far

How far Poolesville commutes

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

20%

51%

24%

20%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Poolesville is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Poolesville are

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

Jobs based in Poolesville

779 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Poolesville residents hold

2,857 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+23%

Jobs based in Poolesville, 2013 → 2023: 635 → 779. 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.