What is the average commute in Calvert County, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 39.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Calvert 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 1.6 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 240092024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Calvert County, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Calvert County, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 39.3 min one way; 18.5% worked from home, 72.5% drove alone, and 25.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip39.3 min±2.1 min MOE

Worked from home18.5%±1.6 pp MOE

Drove alone72.5%±2.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip25.0%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 Calvert County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute40.7 min → 39.3 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.7% → 18.5%▲ 7.8 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 1.2%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.8% → 72.5%▼ 6.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Calvert County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.5%; 1.2% used public transit and 18.5% worked from home.

Drive alone72.5% ±2.2 pp

Carpool6.0% ±1.1 pp

Public transit1.2% ±0.4 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home18.5% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 48,386 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Calvert County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 100th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

100^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 100% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

98^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

95^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

99^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Calvert County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 48,386 workers age 16+, including 39,433 workers with reported travel time and 8,953 home workers.

Population estimate94,313± — MOE

Workers age 16+48,386± 979 MOE

Workers with travel time39,433± 1,225 MOE

Estimated home workers8,953± 784 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 Calvert County

These 7 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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