Work & commute · Potomac Heights

Work & commute in Potomac Heights, MD

Most working residents leave Potomac Heights for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (11%), Waldorf (10%) and La Plata (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 430 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 426 Potomac Heights residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Potomac Heights.

426live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

112work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Potomac Heights goes to work

Washington, DC22 mi away

11%46

Waldorf12.2 mi away

10%41

La Plata9.6 mi away

6%24

Indian Head1.3 mi away

3%13

Arlington, VA19.4 mi away

3%13

Baltimore56 mi away

3%12

Vienna, VA21.8 mi away

2%7

Beltsville32.6 mi away

2%7

Clinton15.7 mi away

2%7

Brock Hall27.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%254

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

How far

How far Potomac Heights commutes

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

16%

48%

24%

12%

16%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Potomac Heights 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 Potomac Heights are

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

Jobs based in Potomac Heights

116 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Potomac Heights residents hold

430 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−28%

Jobs based in Potomac Heights, 2013 → 2023: 161 → 116. 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.