Work & commute · Riva

Work & commute in Riva, MD

Most working residents leave Riva for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Parole (12%), Annapolis (9%) and Washington (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 1,633 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,625 Riva residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 245 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riva.

1,625live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

245work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riva goes to work

Parole3.6 mi away

12%196

Annapolis4.9 mi away

9%139

Washington, DC23.1 mi away

7%118

Baltimore24.5 mi away

4%71

Columbia22.8 mi away

4%59

Edgewater2.1 mi away

3%54

Glen Burnie14.6 mi away

2%28

College Park18.9 mi away

2%25

Crofton6.8 mi away

1%22

Bowie8 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%902

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

How far

How far Riva commutes

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

38%

41%

17%

38%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riva is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Riva are

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

Jobs based in Riva

253 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Riva residents hold

1,633 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+2%

Jobs based in Riva, 2013 → 2023: 248 → 253. 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.