Photo: PersianDutchNetwork · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 2.3 jobs in Derwood for every working resident, and 2,205 people commute in
Household incomes here are higher than in 87% of U.S. towns. 2,219 jobs are based in Derwood for 960 working residents. For 27% of workers, the job is at home, next to 19% for Maryland as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Derwood, in brief
Derwood is where the jobs are
Derwood has 2,219 jobs, 2.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,200 people are in town, 63% more than the 2,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Derwood
75% of Derwood residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 55% of the jobs based in Derwood pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Derwood
27% of Derwood workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 960 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Derwood
On income, poverty and job access, Derwood is better than 95% of U.S. towns. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (14.6%) is left out: Derwood’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Derwood could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Derwood nearly doubles on a workday
On a workday 946 residents head out to work and 14 work right here.
About 3,200 people are in Derwood on a workday afternoon, 63% more than live here.
2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Derwood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Derwood, 2013 → 2023: 1,896 → 2,219. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Derwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Derwood’s commute takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Derwood workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 599 commuters (the 27% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where the people who work in Derwood live
Where Derwood clocks in
12% of workers
12% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The commute from Derwood, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Derwood is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 821 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 177.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, among the most of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.2% of Derwood households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 17% of Derwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Derwood is 194th of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Cabin John MD | 2,179 | $250K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Colmar Manor MD | 1,590 | $123K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 192 | Exeter WI | 2,209 | $115K | 3.2% | 1.3% | 1% | A |
| 193 | Lowry Crossing TX | 2,521 | $117K | 6.0% | 3.8% | <1% | A |
| 194 | Derwood MD | 1,984 | $118K | 7.0% | 14.6% | 1% | A |
| 195 | Walden TN | 1,965 | $124K | 3.1% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| 196 | Tremont Township IL | 2,640 | $93K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Derwood, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Around Derwood: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Derwood’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Derwood: questions
What is the median household income in Derwood?
$118,194 (±$60,937) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Derwood?
7.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Derwood?
34 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Derwood work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockville (12%, 2 mi), Washington (12%, 16 mi), Bethesda (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Derwood walkable?
Derwood is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 12.5 out of 20, and 17% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Derwood without a car?
17% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Derwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Derwood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.