Work & commute · Woodmore

Work & commute in Woodmore, MD

Most working residents leave Woodmore for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (28%), Baltimore (3%) and Bowie (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 2,071 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,059 Woodmore residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 514 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodmore.

2,059live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

514work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodmore goes to work

Washington, DC13 mi away

28%577

Baltimore27.7 mi away

3%69

Bowie3.1 mi away

3%61

Lake Arbor3.2 mi away

3%52

Columbia19.9 mi away

2%51

Arlington, VA17.8 mi away

2%42

College Park10.1 mi away

2%33

Silver Spring14.4 mi away

1%31

East Riverdale7.8 mi away

1%30

Beltsville11.4 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,095

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

How far

How far Woodmore commutes

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

25%

59%

13%

25%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodmore is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodmore are

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

Jobs based in Woodmore

526 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Woodmore residents hold

2,071 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+9%

Jobs based in Woodmore, 2013 → 2023: 482 → 526. 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.