Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MD · GEOID 240172024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Charles County, Maryland
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 41.4 min one way; 16.4% worked from home, 70.2% drove alone, and 29.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip41.4 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home16.4%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone70.2%±1.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip29.1%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 Charles County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.8 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 Charles County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.2%; 2.5% used public transit and 16.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 88,013 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Charles County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 100th percentile among covered 100k–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 100% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 100% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Charles County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 88,013 workers age 16+, including 73,551 workers with reported travel time and 14,462 home workers.
Population estimate170,527± — MOE
Workers age 16+88,013± 1,347 MOE
Workers with travel time73,551± 1,706 MOE
Estimated home workers14,462± 1,216 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 Maryland reports →Comparable Maryland commute records for Charles County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.