Work & commute · Temple Hills

Work & commute in Temple Hills, MD

Most working residents leave Temple Hills for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (32%), Arlington (4%) and Alexandria (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 3,176 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,174 Temple Hills residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 173 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Temple Hills.

3,174live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

173work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Temple Hills goes to work

Washington, DC7.4 mi away

32%1,026

Arlington, VA9.4 mi away

4%141

Alexandria, VA7.2 mi away

4%119

National Harbor3.8 mi away

3%94

Baltimore38.4 mi away

2%76

Lake Arbor9.3 mi away

2%50

Bethesda15.2 mi away

1%40

Clinton5.2 mi away

1%40

Tysons, VA16.8 mi away

1%38

Springfield, VA12.8 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,516

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

How far

How far Temple Hills commutes

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

59%

25%

12%

59%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Temple Hills is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Temple Hills are

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

Jobs based in Temple Hills

175 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Temple Hills residents hold

3,176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−20%

Jobs based in Temple Hills, 2013 → 2023: 218 → 175. 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.