Work & commute · Chevy Chase Section Five

Work & commute in Chevy Chase Section Five, MD

Most working residents leave Chevy Chase Section Five for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (34%), Bethesda (5%) and Rockville (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 227 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 226 Chevy Chase Section Five residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chevy Chase Section Five.

226live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

126work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chevy Chase Section Five goes to work

Washington, DC6.3 mi away

34%78

Bethesda2.4 mi away

5%12

Rockville8.2 mi away

4%10

Chevy Chase0.7 mi away

4%9

North Bethesda4.4 mi away

3%7

Baltimore33.1 mi away

3%6

Potomac6.7 mi away

3%6

Gaithersburg13.1 mi away

2%5

Alexandria, VA11.4 mi away

2%5

Silver Spring3.1 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%84

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

How far

How far Chevy Chase Section Five commutes

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

67%

21%

67%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chevy Chase Section Five is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chevy Chase Section Five are

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

Jobs based in Chevy Chase Section Five

127 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Chevy Chase Section Five residents hold

227 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month85%

+13%

Jobs based in Chevy Chase Section Five, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 127. 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.