Chillum has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Working from home is the commute for 10% of workers; Maryland has 19%. There are 2,923 jobs in Chillum, and 12,017 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Chillum; the top destination outside it is Washington (38%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Chillum: the figures worth knowing
Many Chillum workers cross into Washington, D.C.
40% of Chillum workers work outside Maryland, most of them in Washington, D.C., the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Chillum’s working residents have a job less than 6 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 37 minutes, longer than the Maryland average of 31. Time on the road ↓
Most Chillum residents work close to home
69% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 4% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
38% of Chillum works in Washington
4,617 working residents, 38%, have their main job in Washington, DC, 4.8 miles away. That’s 38 times as many as work in Chillum itself. The commute map ↓
Chillum is a place people come home to
There are 2,923 jobs based in Chillum, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Chillum has about 26,000 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Chillum’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Chillum is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #212 of 261 in Maryland. Job access by car holds Chillum’s grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Chillum could be anywhere from B− to B+.
Where people from Chillum work
Where Chillum clocks in
38% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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.
About 37 minutes each way, longer than most of Maryland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chillum workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16,551 commuters (the 10% 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.
How many miles Chillum 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.
Who works in Chillum, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 11,837 residents head out to work, 180 work right here, and 2,743 people come in from elsewhere.
About 26,000 people are in Chillum on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 kinds of work in Chillum
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chillum, 2013 → 2023: 3,458 → 2,923. 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 Chillum’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Chillum is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 18,449 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 62% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 26.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, among the most 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). 16.9% of Chillum households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 18% of Chillum’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,287 U.S. towns of 24,000 to 47,000, Chillum comes 837th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 17 | Severna Park MD | 40,228 | $170K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 9% | A+ |
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| 39 | North Laurel MD | 25,563 | $123K | 4.7% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 46 | Arnold MD | 24,303 | $142K | 3.1% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
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| 835 | Palm River-Clair Mel FL | 27,844 | $72K | 13.1% | 4.7% | 5% | B− |
| 836 | Balch Springs TX | 27,258 | $67K | 7.1% | 8.3% | 3% | B− |
| 837 | Chillum MD | 34,871 | $80K | 12.4% | 6.6% | 1% | B− |
| 838 | Lodi NJ | 26,187 | $89K | 15.4% | 7.0% | 4% | B− |
| 839 | Barnegat Township NJ | 26,151 | $92K | 7.5% | 6.6% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,287 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Chillum, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Next door to Chillum
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chillum workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chillum | – | B− | A+ | 37 min | $79,864 |
| Hyattsville | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 34 min | $91,941 |
| Mount Rainier | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 32 min | $68,505 |
| Langley Park | under 2% | C+ | A+ | 39 min | $85,321 |
| Takoma Park | under 2% | A− | A+ | 34 min | $108,136 |
| Adelphi | under 2% | B− | A+ | 37 min | $82,137 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chillum’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 Chillum: questions
What is the median household income in Chillum?
$79,864 (±$3,601) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chillum?
12.4%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chillum?
37 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chillum work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (38%, 5 mi), Bethesda (3%, 8 mi), College Park (2%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chillum walkable?
Chillum is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.5 out of 20, and 20% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chillum without a car?
18% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. 62% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chillum, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chillum
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.