Work & commute · Queensland

Work & commute in Queensland, MD

Most working residents leave Queensland for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (24%), Arlington (4%) and Baltimore (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 929 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

38%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 919 Queensland residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 715 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Queensland.

919live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

715work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Queensland goes to work

Washington, DC14.1 mi away

24%223

Arlington, VA17.4 mi away

4%35

Baltimore36.3 mi away

3%27

Alexandria, VA15.6 mi away

3%26

Lake Arbor8.1 mi away

3%26

Melwood2.5 mi away

2%22

East Riverdale13 mi away

2%18

Greenbelt14.6 mi away

2%17

Bowie11.4 mi away

2%16

Silver Spring18.8 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%504

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

How far

How far Queensland commutes

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

14%

62%

20%

14%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Queensland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Queensland are

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

Jobs based in Queensland

725 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Queensland residents hold

929 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+70%

Jobs based in Queensland, 2013 → 2023: 427 → 725. 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.