Ida May · Photo: Linda Roy Walls · CC BY-SA 3.0Chance has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 7 jobs in Chance for 101 working residents. Hardly any work in Chance itself; outside it, Salisbury draws the most (22%, 24 miles). Home is the office for 4% of workers, next to 19% for Maryland as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Chance
On a workday 101 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Chance on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Chance ends
Where Chance clocks in
22% of workers
7% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Most jobs in Chance are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chance, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 7. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chance’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Chance takes about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chance workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 112 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Chance
About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Chance and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chance workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chance | – | — | — | 37 min | $66,711 |
| Dames Quarter | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Deal Island | 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dames Quarter and Deal Island: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Deal Island. Darker towns draw more of Chance’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Chance: questions
What is the median household income in Chance?
$66,711 (±$36,425) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chance?
4.3%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chance?
37 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chance work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salisbury (22%, 24 mi), Princess Anne (7%, 13 mi), Crisfield (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chance without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chance, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chance
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.