Work & commute · Chestertown

Work & commute in Chestertown, MD

About one in 3 of Chestertown’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (5%), Centreville (3%) and Rock Hall (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

614 of 1,763 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,149 Chestertown residents head out of town to work, 614 work right here, and 3,767 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chestertown.

1,149live here, work elsewhere

614live and work here

3,767work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chestertown goes to work

Chestertown (in town)right here

35%614

Baltimore29.3 mi away

5%82

Centreville12.2 mi away

3%45

Rock Hall10.4 mi away

2%32

Dover, DE29.8 mi away

1%23

Elkton30 mi away

1%23

Stevensville21.4 mi away

1%20

Philadelphia, PA74.1 mi away

1%19

Columbia42 mi away

1%18

Eldersburg48.7 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%875

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

How far

How far Chestertown commutes

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

46%

14%

25%

15%

46%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chestertown is a job hub

2.48jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Chestertown are

4,381 jobs are based in Chestertown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chestertown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chestertown

4,381 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Chestertown residents hold

1,763 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+10%

Jobs based in Chestertown, 2013 → 2023: 3,972 → 4,381. 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.