Work & commute · Upper Marlboro

Work & commute in Upper Marlboro, MD

Most working residents leave Upper Marlboro for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (27%), Brock Hall (3%) and Bethesda (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 828 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 820 Upper Marlboro residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 2,246 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Marlboro.

820live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

2,246work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Marlboro goes to work

Washington, DC15.4 mi away

27%222

Brock Hall2.8 mi away

3%28

Bethesda22.9 mi away

3%25

Baltimore34.3 mi away

3%21

Bowie9.6 mi away

2%20

Lake Arbor7.7 mi away

2%19

Rockville28.4 mi away

2%17

Greenbelt14.2 mi away

2%15

Silver Spring19.3 mi away

2%15

Camp Springs8.9 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%434

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

How far

How far Upper Marlboro commutes

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

17%

61%

17%

17%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Marlboro is a job hub

2.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Marlboro are

2,254 jobs are based in Upper Marlboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Marlboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Marlboro

2,254 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Upper Marlboro residents hold

828 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

−37%

Jobs based in Upper Marlboro, 2013 → 2023: 3,590 → 2,254. 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.