Work & commute · Rockville

Work & commute in Rockville, MD

Most working residents leave Rockville for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (11%), Bethesda (9%) and North Bethesda (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

3,862 of 26,812 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 22,950 Rockville residents head out of town to work, 3,862 work right here, and 67,671 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockville.

22,950live here, work elsewhere

3,862live and work here

67,671work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockville goes to work

Rockville (in town)right here

14%3,862

Washington, DC14.5 mi away

11%3,064

Bethesda6.9 mi away

9%2,483

North Bethesda3.8 mi away

7%1,805

Gaithersburg5 mi away

5%1,438

Potomac5.3 mi away

4%1,051

Baltimore32.8 mi away

2%616

Silver Spring9.2 mi away

2%521

Tysons, VA11.9 mi away

2%508

Germantown8.5 mi away

2%505

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%10,959

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

How far

How far Rockville commutes

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

54%

33%

54%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockville is a job hub

2.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockville are

71,533 jobs are based in Rockville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rockville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rockville

71,533 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Rockville residents hold

26,812 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+23%

Jobs based in Rockville, 2013 → 2023: 58,226 → 71,533. 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.