Work & commute · University Park

Work & commute in University Park, MD

Most working residents leave University Park for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (31%), College Park (14%) and Bethesda (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 940 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

41%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 938 University Park residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in University Park.

938live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

166work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where University Park goes to work

Washington, DC6.1 mi away

31%291

College Park1.8 mi away

14%135

Bethesda9.4 mi away

4%36

Baltimore28.9 mi away

2%21

Silver Spring4.6 mi away

2%21

Hyattsville0.9 mi away

2%18

North Bethesda10.4 mi away

2%18

Rockville13.7 mi away

2%17

Suitland8.6 mi away

1%12

Adelphi2.1 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%360

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

How far

How far University Park commutes

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

67%

21%

67%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

University Park is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in University Park are

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

Jobs based in University Park

168 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs University Park residents hold

940 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+12%

Jobs based in University Park, 2013 → 2023: 150 → 168. 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.