Work & commute · Springdale

Work & commute in Springdale, MD

Most working residents leave Springdale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (30%), Baltimore (3%) and Lake Arbor (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 2,421 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,408 Springdale residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 440 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Springdale.

2,408live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

440work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Springdale goes to work

Washington, DC9.5 mi away

30%724

Baltimore28.1 mi away

3%77

Lake Arbor2 mi away

3%70

Arlington, VA14.3 mi away

2%45

Columbia18.4 mi away

2%42

Bethesda15.2 mi away

2%39

Silver Spring10.5 mi away

2%38

Bowie5.8 mi away

2%37

Beltsville8.3 mi away

1%33

Lanham1.8 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,285

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

How far

How far Springdale commutes

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

55%

33%

10%

55%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

2%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Springdale is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Springdale are

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

Jobs based in Springdale

453 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Springdale residents hold

2,421 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+14%

Jobs based in Springdale, 2013 → 2023: 396 → 453. 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.