Work & commute · Riverdale Park

Work & commute in Riverdale Park, MD

Most working residents leave Riverdale Park for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (27%), College Park (4%) and Baltimore (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

79 of 2,459 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,380 Riverdale Park residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 3,918 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riverdale Park.

2,380live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

3,918work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riverdale Park goes to work

Washington, DC6.5 mi away

27%676

College Park2.2 mi away

4%105

Baltimore28.6 mi away

3%81

Riverdale Park (in town)right here

3%79

Bethesda10.4 mi away

3%64

Arlington, VA11.2 mi away

2%54

Silver Spring5.6 mi away

2%45

Beltsville5.1 mi away

2%44

North Bethesda11.5 mi away

2%42

Rockville14.7 mi away

2%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,231

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

How far

How far Riverdale Park commutes

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

61%

26%

61%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riverdale Park is a job hub

1.63jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Riverdale Park are

3,997 jobs are based in Riverdale Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Riverdale Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Riverdale Park

3,997 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Riverdale Park residents hold

2,459 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+10%

Jobs based in Riverdale Park, 2013 → 2023: 3,648 → 3,997. 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.