Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · DC · GEOID 110012024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
District of Columbia, District of Columbia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.0 min one way; 33.0% worked from home, 27.4% drove alone, and 8.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip30.0 min±0.7 min MOE
Worked from home33.0%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone27.4%±0.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.0%among commuters
U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.
01 / THE SHIFT
What changed in District of Columbia's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +13.2 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How District of Columbia residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 27.4%; 20.3% used public transit and 33.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 373,183 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How District of Columbia compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 72th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 100% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 50% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind District of Columbia's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 373,183 workers age 16+, including 250,037 workers with reported travel time and 123,146 home workers.
Population estimate681,294± — MOE
Workers age 16+373,183± 3,071 MOE
Workers with travel time250,037± 3,539 MOE
Estimated home workers123,146± 3,081 MOE
Why the ± matters
ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.
05 / SAME STATE
All District of Columbia reports →Comparable District of Columbia commute records for District of Columbia
No other District of Columbia county in the 500k+ population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.