Photo: SlipperyDude · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Chesapeake Ranch Estates commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Chesapeake Ranch Estates grades A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. There are 102 jobs in Chesapeake Ranch Estates, against 4,101 working residents. Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Chesapeake Ranch Estates
Chesapeake Ranch Estates is a place people come home to
There are 102 jobs based in Chesapeake Ranch Estates, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Chesapeake Ranch Estates has about 5,200 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Chesapeake Ranch Estates workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 31 across Maryland. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
Chesapeake Ranch Estates’ Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Chesapeake Ranch Estates is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #141 of 261 in Maryland. The poverty rate holds Chesapeake Ranch Estates’ grade up (4.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Chesapeake Ranch Estates could be anywhere from B− to A.
Who leaves Chesapeake Ranch Estates for work, and who comes in
On a workday 4,080 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,200 people are in Chesapeake Ranch Estates on a workday afternoon, 43% 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 daily trip from Chesapeake Ranch Estates: about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chesapeake Ranch Estates workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,920 commuters (the 21% 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.
8% of working residents work in California
Where Chesapeake Ranch Estates clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
Chesapeake Ranch Estates works in goods: 52% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chesapeake Ranch Estates, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 102. 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 Ranch Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Chesapeake Ranch Estates’ commute, mile by mile
About 25% 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.
Few in Chesapeake Ranch Estates walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Chesapeake Ranch Estates is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #214 of 261 in Maryland. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.0% across Maryland, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,936 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.0% of Chesapeake Ranch Estates households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Chesapeake Ranch Estates’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Chesapeake Ranch Estates is 959th among 2,841 U.S. towns of 6,500 to 12,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 20 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Chevy Chase MD | 9,445 | $212K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 45 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 957 | Flossmoor IL | 9,358 | $134K | 5.4% | 11.6% | 4% | A− |
| 958 | East Manchester Township PA | 8,703 | $102K | 3.4% | 6.0% | 6% | A− |
| 959 | Chesapeake Ranch Estates MD | 9,241 | $103K | 4.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A− |
| 960 | Blythewood SC | 7,233 | $94K | 4.8% | 5.0% | 3% | A− |
| 961 | Collegedale TN | 11,499 | $70K | 7.3% | 1.6% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,841 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Chesapeake Ranch Estates, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
The towns around Chesapeake Ranch Estates
The biggest share goes to Lusby (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chesapeake Ranch Estates workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesapeake Ranch Estates | – | A− | B− | 41 min | $102,669 |
| Drum Point | under 2% | B | C− | 44 min | $109,231 |
| Lusby | 4% | A | D | 34 min | $151,711 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chesapeake Ranch Estates’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 Chesapeake Ranch Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Chesapeake Ranch Estates?
$102,669 (±$12,759) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chesapeake Ranch Estates?
4.5%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chesapeake Ranch Estates?
41 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chesapeake Ranch Estates work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are California (8%, 6 mi), Prince Frederick (8%, 16 mi), Washington (5%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chesapeake Ranch Estates walkable?
Chesapeake Ranch Estates is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chesapeake Ranch Estates without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chesapeake Ranch Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chesapeake Ranch Estates
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.