Work & commute · Silver Hill

Work & commute in Silver Hill, MD

Most working residents leave Silver Hill for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (39%), Arlington (3%) and Alexandria (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 2,412 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,411 Silver Hill residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 523 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Silver Hill.

2,411live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

523work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Silver Hill goes to work

Washington, DC6.1 mi away

39%942

Arlington, VA9.1 mi away

3%83

Alexandria, VA7.9 mi away

3%71

Baltimore36.3 mi away

2%46

Lake Arbor7.4 mi away

1%33

National Harbor5.5 mi away

1%32

Bethesda14 mi away

1%32

Brock Hall10.6 mi away

1%29

Clinton6.9 mi away

1%27

Silver Spring12.1 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,093

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

How far

How far Silver Hill commutes

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

65%

21%

10%

65%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Silver Hill is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Silver Hill are

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

Jobs based in Silver Hill

524 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Silver Hill residents hold

2,412 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−20%

Jobs based in Silver Hill, 2013 → 2023: 652 → 524. 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.