What is the average commute in Anne Arundel County, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Anne Arundel County, Maryland work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.5 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · MD · GEOID 240032024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Anne Arundel County, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.9 min one way; 18.5% worked from home, 70.0% drove alone, and 10.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.9 min±0.6 min MOE

Worked from home18.5%±0.5 pp MOE

Drove alone70.0%±0.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.8%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 Anne Arundel County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.4 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute30.5 min → 28.9 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.0% → 18.5%▲ 6.4 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit2.7% → 1.6%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.3% → 70.0%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Anne Arundel County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.0%; 1.6% used public transit and 18.5% worked from home.

Drive alone70.0% ±0.7 pp

Carpool6.8% ±0.5 pp

Public transit1.6% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.9% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home18.5% ±0.5 pp

Each share uses 316,236 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Anne Arundel County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

64^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

59^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

44^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

70^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 70% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Anne Arundel County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 316,236 workers age 16+, including 257,880 workers with reported travel time and 58,356 home workers.

Population estimate598,166± — MOE

Workers age 16+316,236± 2,727 MOE

Workers with travel time257,880± 3,124 MOE

Estimated home workers58,356± 1,794 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

Comparable Maryland commute records for Anne Arundel County

These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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