Work & commute · Takoma Park

Work & commute in Takoma Park, MD

Most working residents leave Takoma Park for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (39%), Bethesda (4%) and Silver Spring (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

270 of 7,805 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,535 Takoma Park residents head out of town to work, 270 work right here, and 4,803 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Takoma Park.

7,535live here, work elsewhere

270live and work here

4,803work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Takoma Park goes to work

Washington, DC5.3 mi away

39%3,055

Bethesda6.3 mi away

4%338

Silver Spring1.8 mi away

4%274

Takoma Park (in town)right here

3%270

Rockville10.9 mi away

3%264

Arlington, VA8.8 mi away

3%234

North Bethesda7.4 mi away

3%196

Baltimore30.5 mi away

2%195

College Park3.7 mi away

2%162

Potomac10.5 mi away

2%143

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%2,674

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

How far

How far Takoma Park commutes

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

72%

18%

72%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Takoma Park is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Takoma Park are

5,073 jobs are based in Takoma Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Takoma Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Takoma Park

5,073 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Takoma Park residents hold

7,805 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−5%

Jobs based in Takoma Park, 2013 → 2023: 5,362 → 5,073. 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.