Gobbler Hill · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Chesapeake Landing works elsewhere
At home: 36% of workers have no commute at all (Maryland 19%). 29 jobs are based in Chesapeake Landing, and 205 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Chesapeake Landing for work; outside it, Chestertown is the main destination (24%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Chesapeake Landing
Chesapeake Landing is a place people come home to
There are 29 jobs based in Chesapeake Landing, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Chesapeake Landing has about 330 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Chesapeake Landing and Chestertown trade workers both ways
Chestertown is the top workplace for Chesapeake Landing residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Chesapeake Landing come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Chesapeake Landing works from home
36% of Chesapeake Landing workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 205 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Chesapeake Landing by day
On a workday 205 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Chesapeake Landing on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
The places Chesapeake Landing commutes to
Where Chesapeake Landing clocks in
4% of workers
3% 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.
Time on the road from Chesapeake Landing: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chesapeake Landing workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 122 commuters (the 36% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Chesapeake Landing
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chesapeake Landing, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 29. 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 Chesapeake Landing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Chesapeake Landing commutes
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.
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 Chesapeake Landing: questions
What is the median household income in Chesapeake Landing?
$53,566 (±$6,364) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chesapeake Landing?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chesapeake Landing?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chesapeake Landing work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chestertown (24%, 6 mi), Centreville (4%, 16 mi), Rock Hall (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chesapeake Landing 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 Chesapeake Landing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chesapeake Landing
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.