Work & commute · Urbana

Work & commute in Urbana, MD

Most working residents leave Urbana for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Frederick (11%), Rockville (8%) and Gaithersburg (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

328 of 6,449 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,121 Urbana residents head out of town to work, 328 work right here, and 4,954 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Urbana.

6,121live here, work elsewhere

328live and work here

4,954work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Urbana goes to work

Frederick8.6 mi away

11%691

Rockville19.5 mi away

8%510

Gaithersburg14.5 mi away

8%488

Urbana (in town)right here

5%328

Ballenger Creek5.7 mi away

5%312

Germantown11.3 mi away

4%242

North Bethesda23.2 mi away

3%210

Washington, DC33.9 mi away

3%208

Baltimore39.1 mi away

3%201

Columbia27.2 mi away

2%153

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%3,106

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

How far

How far Urbana commutes

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

26%

36%

33%

26%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Urbana is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Urbana are

5,282 jobs are based in Urbana. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Urbana’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Urbana

5,282 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Urbana residents hold

6,449 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+94%

Jobs based in Urbana, 2013 → 2023: 2,716 → 5,282. 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.