Work & commute · Spencerville

Work & commute in Spencerville, MD

Most working residents leave Spencerville for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (11%), Rockville (6%) and Bethesda (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 706 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

46 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 703 Spencerville residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 286 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spencerville.

703live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

286work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spencerville goes to work

Washington, DC15 mi away

11%78

Rockville9.6 mi away

6%42

Bethesda11.7 mi away

4%31

Baltimore23.5 mi away

4%26

Silver Spring8.4 mi away

4%25

Wheaton6.3 mi away

3%22

Columbia8.7 mi away

3%22

Burtonsville2.7 mi away

3%21

Gaithersburg11.5 mi away

3%18

Potomac13.5 mi away

3%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%403

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

How far

How far Spencerville commutes

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

38%

51%

38%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spencerville is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spencerville are

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

Jobs based in Spencerville

289 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Spencerville residents hold

706 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+11%

Jobs based in Spencerville, 2013 → 2023: 261 → 289. 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.