Work & commute · Seat Pleasant

Work & commute in Seat Pleasant, MD

Most working residents leave Seat Pleasant for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (37%), Baltimore (3%) and Arlington (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 2,051 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,039 Seat Pleasant residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 708 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seat Pleasant.

2,039live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

708work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seat Pleasant goes to work

Washington, DC6.3 mi away

37%769

Baltimore32 mi away

3%57

Arlington, VA10.9 mi away

2%51

Bethesda13.4 mi away

2%33

Alexandria, VA11.2 mi away

1%29

North Bethesda15.4 mi away

1%28

Lake Arbor3.7 mi away

1%26

Columbia21.3 mi away

1%26

Landover2.1 mi away

1%25

Summerfield1.8 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%984

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

How far

How far Seat Pleasant commutes

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

62%

25%

10%

62%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

2%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seat Pleasant is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Seat Pleasant are

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

Jobs based in Seat Pleasant

720 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Seat Pleasant residents hold

2,051 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−18%

Jobs based in Seat Pleasant, 2013 → 2023: 877 → 720. 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.