Where Chevy Chase Heights earns its living
Only 2% work in Chevy Chase Heights; the top destination outside it is White Township (22%, 1 miles). Working residents average 16 minutes each way; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26. Chevy Chase Heights has 383 jobs; 433 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Chevy Chase Heights at work: what stands out
Chevy Chase Heights and Indiana trade workers both ways
Indiana is the top workplace for Chevy Chase Heights residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Chevy Chase Heights come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Chevy Chase Heights are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 433 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Chevy Chase Heights goes to work
Where Chevy Chase Heights clocks in
16% of workers
7% 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.
The daily trip from Chevy Chase Heights: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chevy Chase Heights workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 494 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily commute in and out of Chevy Chase Heights
On a workday 424 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 374 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Chevy Chase Heights
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chevy Chase Heights, 2014 → 2024: 364 → 383. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chevy Chase Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Chevy Chase Heights
About 21% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Chevy Chase Heights and its neighbors: 16% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chevy Chase Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevy Chase Heights | – | — | — | 16 min | $51,930 |
| Indiana | 16% | C+ | A+ | 16 min | $40,857 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Indiana. Darker towns draw more of Chevy Chase Heights’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 2024, 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 Chevy Chase Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Chevy Chase Heights?
$51,930 (±$38,425) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chevy Chase Heights?
23.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chevy Chase Heights?
16 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chevy Chase Heights work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are White Township (22%, 1 mi), Indiana (16%, 1 mi), Pittsburgh (7%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Chevy Chase Heights without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chevy Chase Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chevy Chase Heights
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.