Work & commute · Chevy Chase

Work & commute in Chevy Chase, MD

Most working residents leave Chevy Chase for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (32%), Bethesda (14%) and Rockville (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 1,117 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

44%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,081 Chevy Chase residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 360 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chevy Chase.

1,081live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

360work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chevy Chase goes to work

Washington, DC6.5 mi away

32%360

Bethesda1.9 mi away

14%161

Rockville8 mi away

4%49

Chevy Chase (in town)right here

3%36

North Bethesda4.3 mi away

3%35

Arlington, VA7.2 mi away

3%35

Potomac6.3 mi away

3%30

Gaithersburg13 mi away

2%26

Baltimore33.5 mi away

2%26

College Park7.9 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%337

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.

73%

16%

73%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chevy Chase is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chevy Chase are

396 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

396 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Chevy Chase residents hold

1,117 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month83%

−18%

Jobs based in Chevy Chase, 2013 → 2023: 485 → 396. 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.