The Postpandemic City: Urban Employment Centers and Commuting in the Fifth District

Santiago Pinto ()

Richmond Fed Economic Brief, 2026, vol. 26, issue 18

Abstract: Employer-reported data through 2023 reveal a divergence in postpandemic commuting patterns across four large metropolitan areas within the Fifth District. Washington, D.C., lost 1 percentage point of its metropolitan area's employment share to suburban destinations between the prepandemic period (2017-19) and the postpandemic period (2023), while Baltimore, Richmond and Charlotte all maintained or increased their cores' share. Washington's losses fall primarily on high-earning workers and are spatially concentrated in more distant suburbs.

Keywords: Employment; and; labor; markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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