Chevy Chase Village, Maryland

Chevy Chase Village, Maryland
Town
FIPS code		24-16787
GNIS feature ID	2390790[3]
Website	www.chevychasevillagemd.gov

Chevy Chase Village is an incorporated municipality in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, bordering Washington, D.C. The population was 2,049 as of the 2020 census.^[4] The town was the wealthiest in Maryland as of 2017, with a median income of over $250,000, the highest income bracket listed by the census bureau, and a median home value of $1,823,800.^[6]

Chevy Chase Village includes 727 housing units.^[7] It is known for its speed limit enforcement actions, which produce 24% of its annual revenue.^[8]

The suburb was created to be all-white;^[9] it remains overwhelmingly so more than a century later.^[10]

Chevy Chase Village is the location of the Chevy Chase Club, a private country club with an initiation fee of over $50,000.^[10]

History

In the 1890s, a real estate syndicate led by Francis G. Newlands bought more than 1,700 acres in upper Northwest D.C. and southern Montgomery County and began to develop a streetcar suburb he dubbed Chevy Chase.

Newlands' Chevy Chase Land Company divided the Maryland land into subdivisions; Sections 1, 1a, and 2 became known as the Village of Chevy Chase.^[11] In 1914, Village residents sought and received state sanction as a special taxing area. It was incorporated in 1951.^[12]

Geography

Chevy Chase Village is located along the southern edge of Montgomery County. It is bordered to the southeast by the Chevy Chase neighborhood of Washington, D.C., to the southwest by Friendship Heights Village, to the west by Somerset, to the northwest by the Chevy Chase Club, to the north by the town of Chevy Chase Section Three, and to the northeast by Martin's Additions.

The town has total area of 0.42 square miles (1.09 km²), all land.^[2] The town is in the Potomac River watershed, with the west part of the town draining to the Little Falls Branch, and the east part draining to a tributary of Rock Creek.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1960	2,405		—
1970	2,265		−5.8%
1980	2,118		−6.5%
1990	749		−64.6%
2000	2,043		172.8%
2010	1,953		−4.4%
2020	2,049		4.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[13]

2010 census

As of the

of any race were 2.8% of the population.

There were 697 households, of which 36.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 82.2% were married couples living together, 3.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 1.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 12.6% were non-families. 11.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 2.99.

The median age in the town was 49.1 years. 26.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 3.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 13.5% were from 25 to 44; 36.3% were from 45 to 64; and 20% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 48.5% male and 51.5% female.

2000 census

As of the

of any race were 1.71% of the population.

There were 704 households, out of which 43.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 79.5% were married couples living together, 4.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.5% were non-families. 12.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.11 people per household.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 29.0% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 14.5% from 25 to 44, 38.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was in excess of $200,000, as is the median income for a family. Males had a median income of over $100,000 versus $76,067 for females. The

, including 2.8% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Government

The village is managed by a board of managers, which consists of seven elected officials.^[15]

The village has its own police department.^[15]

As of 2017, about 46% of the village's revenue came from income taxes, 20% from property taxes, and 24% from citations from speed limit enforcement along Connecticut Avenue, a commuter route that runs through the village.^[8]

Transportation

Two state highways run through Chevy Chase Village:

(Brookville Road), a minor local connector that parallels MD 185 to the east.

Education

Chevy Chase Village is served by the Montgomery County Public Schools system.

Residents are zoned to Rosemary Hills Elementary School (PreK-2) (Unincorporated Montgomery County) and Chevy Chase Elementary School (3-6) (in the town of Chevy Chase). Some residents are zoned to Somerset Elementary School (K-5) (in Somerset, Maryland.

All residents are zoned to

, located in unincorporated Montgomery County.

Notable people

Current residents

• Ann Brashares - author^[10]
• Marvin Kalb - journalist^[10]
• Chris Matthews - commentator
• Jerome Powell - chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
• John Roberts - Chief Justice of the United States^[10]
• Mark Shields - political columnist^[10]
• George Will - commentator^[10]

Former residents

• David Brinkley - journalist^[16]
• Sandra Day O'Connor - United States Supreme Court justice; lived in Chevy Chase Village until 2005

See also

• Chevy Chase (town), Maryland
• Chevy Chase View, Maryland

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chevy Chase Village, Maryland.

• Official website
• Greater Bethesda Chamber of Commerce, including Chevy Chase