Work & commute · Chesapeake Beach

Work & commute in Chesapeake Beach, MD

Most working residents leave Chesapeake Beach for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Prince Frederick (6%), Washington (5%) and Lake Arbor (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

123 of 2,226 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,103 Chesapeake Beach residents head out of town to work, 123 work right here, and 589 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chesapeake Beach.

2,103live here, work elsewhere

123live and work here

589work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chesapeake Beach goes to work

Prince Frederick10.3 mi away

6%136

Chesapeake Beach (in town)right here

6%123

Washington, DC28.9 mi away

5%121

Lake Arbor21.2 mi away

3%71

Suitland22.6 mi away

3%61

Waldorf19.7 mi away

2%52

Baltimore42.2 mi away

2%49

Dunkirk7 mi away

2%42

Bowie20.8 mi away

2%35

Huntingtown6.9 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%1,505

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

How far

How far Chesapeake Beach commutes

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

26%

32%

33%

26%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chesapeake Beach is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chesapeake Beach are

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

Jobs based in Chesapeake Beach

712 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Chesapeake Beach residents hold

2,226 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+5%

Jobs based in Chesapeake Beach, 2013 → 2023: 675 → 712. 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.