Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Chewsville has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Chewsville for work; outside it, Hagerstown is the main destination (25%, 5 miles). Employers in Chewsville report 10 jobs for 124 working residents. 6% of workers work from home, where Maryland as a whole has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Chewsville, and who commutes in
On a workday 124 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Chewsville on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 Chewsville ends
Where Chewsville clocks in
25% of workers
6% 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.
Goods jobs make up 100% of work in Chewsville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chewsville, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 10. 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 Chewsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, quicker than most of Maryland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chewsville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 173 commuters (the 6% 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.
Miles to work from Chewsville
About 20% 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.
Chewsville and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chewsville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chewsville | – | — | — | 26 min | $87,115 |
| Cavetown | under 1% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Robinwood | 6% | B+ | B | 27 min | $90,840 |
Same-state neighbors only. Cavetown: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Robinwood. Darker towns draw more of Chewsville’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 Chewsville: questions
What is the median household income in Chewsville?
$87,115 (±$58,879) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chewsville?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chewsville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chewsville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hagerstown (25%, 5 mi), Robinwood (6%, 2 mi), Halfway (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chewsville 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 Chewsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chewsville
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.