Photo: Aude · CC BY-SA 2.5Jobs and earnings in Laytonsville, and the trip to work
Hardly any work in Laytonsville itself; outside it, Rockville draws the most (10%, 9 miles). Working from home is the commute for 33% of workers, against 19% across Maryland. The trip to work takes 29 minutes on average, next to 31 for Maryland and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Laytonsville
Commuting from Laytonsville: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Laytonsville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 249 commuters (the 33% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Laytonsville
On a workday 279 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 267 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).
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 towns that employ Laytonsville’s residents
Where Laytonsville clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Laytonsville
267 jobs are based in Laytonsville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Laytonsville, 2013 → 2023: 153 → 267. 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 Laytonsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Laytonsville
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.
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 Laytonsville: questions
What is the median household income in Laytonsville?
$240,500 (±$42,241) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Laytonsville?
1.6%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Laytonsville?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Laytonsville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockville (10%, 9 mi), Washington (9%, 22 mi), Gaithersburg (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Laytonsville without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Laytonsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Laytonsville
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.