Commuting Patterns
Montgomery County Residents, 1997
| Place of Residence | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Work | SilverSpring/ Takoma Park | Bethesda/Chevy Chase | Rockville/North Bethesda | Kensington/Wheaton/ Aspen Hill |
| All Workers Reporting | 37,150 | 48,520 | 47,890 | 89,565 |
| Montgomery County | 39.6% | 43.7% | 61.4% | 53.8% |
| Inside the Beltway | 28.7 | 32.5 | 21.9 | 18.5 |
| Bethesda-Chevy Chase | 11.0 | 31.1 | 18.6 | 10.2 |
| Silver Spring/Takoma Park | 17.7 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 8.3 |
| Outside the Beltway | 10.9 | 11.2 | 39.6 | 35.3 |
| North Bethesda/Rockville | 6.6 | 7.7 | 29.1 | 15.4 |
| Gaithersburg | 1.5 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
| Germantown-Clarksburg | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.6 |
| Potomac | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| Wheaton-Kensington/aspen Hill/Olney/ Four Corners/ | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 11.4 |
| Fairland/ Colesville/ White Oak/Cloverly | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.7 |
| Rural Montgomery County | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Prince George's County | 8.1 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 6.3 |
| Elsewhere in Maryland | 3.2 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| District of Columbia | 40.4 | 41.6 | 20.1 | 27.8 |
| Northern Virginia | 6.9 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 7.0 |
| Outside MD/VA/DC | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| % Total | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Place of Work | I-270 Corridor | Collesville | Potomac | Olney |
| All Workers Reporting | 106,320 | 46,595 | 42,170 | 19,650 |
| Montgomery County | 71.7% | 49.3% | 57.5% | 63.4% |
| Inside the Beltway | 12.1 | 17.0 | 14.7 | 13.6 |
| Bethesda-Chevy Chase | 9.7 | 7.6 | 11.9 | 9.3 |
| Silver Spring/Takoma Park | 2.5 | 9.4 | 2.7 | 4.3 |
| Outside the Beltway | 59.6 | 32.3 | 42.8 | 49.8 |
| North Bethesda/Rockville | 22.5 | 9.9 | 18.1 | 21.1 |
| Gaithersburg | 23.5 | 2.7 | 10.1 | 5.8 |
| Germantown-Clarksburg | 8.3 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 12.0 |
| Potomac | 1.5 | 0.5 | 10.1 | 0.4 |
| Wheaton-Kensington/aspen Hill/Olney/ Four Corners/ | 2.1 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 16.5 |
| Fairland/ Colesville/ White Oak/Cloverly | 0.6 | 13.2 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| Rural Montgomery County | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.8 |
| Prince George's County | 2.5 | 13.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
| Elsewhere in Maryland | 3.1 | 7.3 | 2.0 | 8.5 |
| District of Columbia | 13.5 | 21.5 | 22.8 | 16.5 |
| Northern Virginia | 7.8 | 7.1 | 12.2 | 6.7 |
| Outside MD/VA/DC | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| % Total | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Place of Work | Damascus | Poolesville | Total | |
| All Workers Reporting | 21,585 | 4,640 | 464,075 | |
| Montgomery County | 72.3% | 77.2% | 57.9% | |
| Inside the Beltway | 8.5 | 11.8 | 18.4 | |
| Bethesda-Chevy Chase | 6.4 | 10.9 | 12.9 | |
| Silver Spring/Takoma Park | 2.1 | 1.0 | 5.5 | |
| Outside the Beltway | 63.8 | 65.4 | 39.5 | |
| North Bethesda/Rockville | 23.1 | 18.3 | 17.3 | |
| Gaithersburg | 18.2 | 17.0 | 9.3 | |
| Germantown-Clarksburg | 7.5 | 7.4 | 3.0 | |
| Potomac | 1.6 | 3.6 | 2.1 | |
| Wheaton-Kensington/aspen Hill/Olney/ Four Corners/ | 4.0 | 0.7 | 4.5 | |
| Fairland/ Colesville/ White Oak/Cloverly | 1.9 | 2.2 | ||
| Rural Montgomery County | 7.5 | 18.3 | 1.2 | |
| Prince George's County | 3.7 | 1.4 | 5.2 | |
| Elsewhere in Maryland | 7.1 | 4.6 | 3.9 | |
| District of Columbia | 9.7 | 9.0 | 23.6 | |
| Northern Virginia | 6.5 | 6.7 | 8.0 | |
| Outside MD/VA/DC | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.3 | |
| % Total | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| Source: Montgomery County Department of Parks and Planning, Research & Technology Center, 1997 Census Update Survey.. | ||||