Work & commute · Chevy Chase

Work & commute in Chevy Chase, MD

Most working residents leave Chevy Chase for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (34%), Bethesda (12%) and Rockville (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46 of 3,552 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

41%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,506 Chevy Chase residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 2,780 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chevy Chase.

3,506live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

2,780work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chevy Chase goes to work

Washington, DC6.8 mi away

34%1,191

Bethesda2.5 mi away

12%420

Rockville7.7 mi away

4%144

North Bethesda4 mi away

3%99

Baltimore32.6 mi away

2%79

Silver Spring2.8 mi away

2%77

Arlington, VA8.1 mi away

2%76

Potomac6.7 mi away

2%75

Gaithersburg12.6 mi away

2%59

Tysons, VA9.7 mi away

2%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,273

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

How far

How far Chevy Chase commutes

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

70%

17%

70%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chevy Chase is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chevy Chase are

2,826 jobs are based in Chevy Chase. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chevy Chase’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chevy Chase

2,826 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Chevy Chase residents hold

3,552 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month81%

−8%

Jobs based in Chevy Chase, 2013 → 2023: 3,058 → 2,826. 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.