Work & commute · Prince Frederick

Work & commute in Prince Frederick, MD

Most working residents leave Prince Frederick for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (6%), Waldorf (3%) and Baltimore (2%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

222 of 1,348 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 1,126 Prince Frederick residents head out of town to work, 222 work right here, and 5,748 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prince Frederick.

1,126live here, work elsewhere

222live and work here

5,748work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prince Frederick goes to work

Prince Frederick (in town)right here

16%222

Washington, DC34 mi away

6%79

Waldorf18 mi away

3%47

Baltimore52.3 mi away

2%33

Lake Arbor28.5 mi away

2%31

Huntingtown4.8 mi away

2%24

Parole30.8 mi away

1%19

California17.8 mi away

1%19

La Plata20.6 mi away

1%18

Leonardtown16.8 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%839

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

How far

How far Prince Frederick commutes

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

31%

22%

35%

12%

31%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prince Frederick is a job hub

4.43jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Prince Frederick are

5,970 jobs are based in Prince Frederick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Prince Frederick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Prince Frederick

5,970 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Prince Frederick residents hold

1,348 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+56%

Jobs based in Prince Frederick, 2013 → 2023: 3,826 → 5,970. 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.