Work & commute · Chillum

Work & commute in Chillum, MD

Most working residents leave Chillum for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (38%), Bethesda (3%) and College Park (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

180 of 12,017 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,837 Chillum residents head out of town to work, 180 work right here, and 2,743 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chillum.

11,837live here, work elsewhere

180live and work here

2,743work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chillum goes to work

Washington, DC4.8 mi away

38%4,617

Bethesda7.6 mi away

3%350

College Park3.1 mi away

2%277

Baltimore30.3 mi away

2%251

Silver Spring3.3 mi away

2%245

Rockville12.5 mi away

2%242

Arlington, VA9 mi away

2%239

North Bethesda9 mi away

2%203

Chillum (in town)right here

1%180

Beltsville6 mi away

1%149

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%5,264

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

How far

How far Chillum commutes

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

69%

20%

69%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chillum is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chillum are

2,923 jobs are based in Chillum. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chillum’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chillum

2,923 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Chillum residents hold

12,017 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−15%

Jobs based in Chillum, 2013 → 2023: 3,458 → 2,923. 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.