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The Chevy Chase View handbook

Living in Chevy Chase View, MD: what to set up and who to call

Every home in Chevy Chase View is in ZIP code 20895. Xfinity and Verizon wire most of Chevy Chase View, and 100% of addresses can get fiber.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Chevy Chase View, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Chevy Chase View.

Electricity

Power comes from Potomac Electric Power

Potomac Electric Power (Potomac Electric Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Chevy Chase View. Its homes paid an average of 21.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $182 a month (its average across Maryland, for customers on its standard service). Maryland lets you buy power from another supplier; 5% of Potomac Electric Power’s home customers do, and Potomac Electric Power still delivers it.

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from WSSC Water

WSSC Water supplies almost all of Chevy Chase View. It draws surface water and serves 1,900,000 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 82% of the 27 systems serving more than 1,000,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2018–Dec 2020, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2020: EPA has no newer result for this system. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MD0150005.

Internet

3 home internet providers serve Chevy Chase View

100% of 320 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable100%2,000/250
VerizonFiber100%2,300/2,300
T-MobileFixed wireless45%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Chevy Chase View’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Chevy Chase View.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Chevy Chase View kids go to
PK–5130 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–840 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–1225 high schoolsDepends on your address

Chevy Chase View is in Montgomery County Public Schools.

Test scores and every school: see Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Aug 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Mar 11, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Chevy Chase View is in ZIP code 20895

ZIP codes where Chevy Chase View residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Chevy Chase ViewZIP’s residents in Chevy Chase View
20895Kensington, MD100%5%
Area codes301, 240Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Chevy Chase View

Who supplies Chevy Chase View’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

WSSC Water (EPA ID MD0150005). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 82% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2018–Dec 2020), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Chevy Chase View?

Potomac Electric Power (Potomac Electric Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 21.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Chevy Chase View?

Xfinity, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Chevy Chase View?

20895. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Chevy Chase View in?

Montgomery County Public Schools.

How do I register to vote in Chevy Chase View?

In Maryland you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Montgomery County Board of Elections. Check your registration at voterservices.elections.maryland.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Mar 11, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.