Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Landover (6.7%) is higher than in 80% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 35 minutes each way (Maryland 31, U.S. 26). Home is the office for 10% of workers, next to 19% for Maryland as a whole. Only 3% stay in Landover for work; outside it, Washington is the main destination (31%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Landover at work: what stands out
A lot of Landover workers cross into Washington, D.C.
35% of Landover workers work outside Maryland, most of them in Washington, D.C., the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Landover draws workers from far and wide
The 7,210 jobs in Landover are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 22%; the other 75% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Landover’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 35 minutes, longer than the Maryland average of 31. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
47% of the jobs in Landover are in trade, transport and utilities, against 18% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
31% of Landover works in Washington
3,099 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Washington, DC, 7.1 miles away. That’s 10 times as many as work in Landover itself. The commute map ↓
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.
What’s behind Landover’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Landover is better than 42% of U.S. towns, #238 of 261 in Maryland. Job access by car holds Landover’s grade up (ahead of 98% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Landover could be anywhere from C to B.
Where people from Landover work
Where Landover clocks in
31% of workers
3% 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.
A commute of about 35 minutes in Landover
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Landover workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,497 commuters (the 10% 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.
65% of the jobs in Landover pay over $3,333 a month
7,210 jobs are based in Landover.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Landover, 2013 → 2023: 5,946 → 7,210. 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 Landover’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Landover
On a workday 9,637 residents head out to work, 251 work right here, and 6,959 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22,000 people are in Landover on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.73 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
The distance from Landover to work
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.
Landover is more walkable than 98% 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 11,678 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, 44% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 18.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 97% 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). 17.8% of Landover households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 11% of Landover’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 17,000 to 33,000, Landover ranks 1,212th of 1,642 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | North Laurel MD | 25,563 | $123K | 4.7% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Arnold MD | 24,303 | $142K | 3.1% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Damascus MD | 17,640 | $159K | 3.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,210 | Kailua HI | 21,818 | $88K | 14.3% | 4.0% | 17% | C+ |
| 1,211 | Davison Township MI | 20,403 | $65K | 11.7% | 5.3% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,212 | Landover MD | 24,514 | $72K | 19.5% | 6.7% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,213 | Hastings NE | 25,121 | $64K | 14.8% | 2.9% | 54% | C+ |
| 1,214 | Fairbanks AK | 31,468 | $74K | 8.7% | 5.7% | — | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,642 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Landover, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Around Landover: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Landover workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landover | – | C+ | A+ | 35 min | $72,100 |
| Landover Hills | under 2% | B | A+ | 34 min | $92,500 |
| Glenarden | under 2% | A | A+ | 34 min | $106,414 |
| Cheverly | under 2% | A− | A | 30 min | $123,535 |
| Summerfield | under 2% | B | A+ | 34 min | $91,007 |
| Woodlawn | under 2% | B+ | A | 33 min | $93,438 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Landover’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 Landover: questions
What is the median household income in Landover?
$72,100 (±$7,886) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Landover?
19.5%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Landover?
35 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Landover work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (31%, 7 mi), Baltimore (3%, 30 mi), Arlington (2%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Landover walkable?
Landover is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.3 out of 20, and 16% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Landover without a car?
11% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. 44% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Landover, from the people who make the trip.
More of Landover
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.