Work & commute · Chance

Work & commute in Chance, MD

Most working residents leave Chance for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Salisbury (22%), Princess Anne (7%) and Crisfield (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 101 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 101 Chance residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chance.

101live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

7work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chance goes to work

Salisbury23.5 mi away

22%22

Princess Anne13.3 mi away

7%7

Crisfield14.3 mi away

4%4

Fruitland19.5 mi away

4%4

Deal Island1.7 mi away

4%4

Washington, DC76.9 mi away

3%3

Baltimore85.6 mi away

3%3

Accomac, VA34.9 mi away

2%2

West Pocomoke20.3 mi away

2%2

Parole65 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%48

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Chance commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

54%

14%

26%

6%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chance is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.07 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Chance are

7 jobs are based in Chance. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chance’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chance

7 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Chance residents hold

101 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+0%

Jobs based in Chance, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 7. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.