A town of 2,906. A typical home worth about $1.21M.
The 3 things Chevy Chase does most differently from other towns.
Where Chevy Chase’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
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Ordered by what stands out in Chevy Chase. Another town gets a different order.
The typical Chevy Chase home is worth about $1,210,000, up 0.6% in a year, 182% above the Maryland typical home.
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.
0.0 miles of trails across 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Leland Neighborhood Park | — | 4 |
| 2. Elm Street Urban Park | — | 2 |
| 3. Zimmerman Park | — | 1 |
The public schools Chevy Chase’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 72% of Maryland’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chevy Chase Elementary | 3–5 | 434 | A |
Chevy Chase beats the Maryland average on 23 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| What stands out | Chevy Chase | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 2% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 4.2% | 15.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.1% | 7.6% |
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 4% of U.S. communities.
Chevy Chase has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 87°, a January night drops to 26°, and about 6 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 1 places on the National Register.
22 notable people were born in Chevy Chase.
Various neighboring areas in Maryland, United States
Chevy Chase () is the colloquial name of an area that includes a town, several incorporated villages, and an unincorporated census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland; and one adjoining neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C. Most of these derive from a late-19th-century effort to create a new suburb that its developer dubbed Chevy Chase after a colonial land patent. Primarily residential, Chevy Chase adjoins Friendship Heights, a popular shopping district. It is the home of the Chevy Chase Club and Columbia Country Club, private clubs whose members include many prominent politicians and Washingtonians. The name is derived from Cheivy Chace, the name of the land pate…
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2 towns share a border with Chevy Chase.