What is the average commute in Abingdon CDP, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 35.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Abingdon CDP, Maryland work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 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.

PLACE · MD · GEOID 24002002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Abingdon, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Abingdon CDP, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.7 min one way; 6.7% worked from home, 82.3% drove alone, and 15.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip35.7 min±10.7 min MOE

Worked from home6.7%±3.2 pp MOE

Drove alone82.3%±8.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip15.2%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 Abingdon CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute35.3 min → 35.7 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.6% → 6.7%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 1.3%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.3% → 82.3%▲ 1.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Abingdon CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.3%; 1.3% used public transit and 6.7% worked from home.

Drive alone82.3% ±8.8 pp

Carpool9.6% ±4.9 pp

Public transit1.3% ±1.3 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home6.7% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 3,085 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Abingdon CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 94th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

94^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

24^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Abingdon CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,085 workers age 16+, including 2,877 workers with reported travel time and 208 home workers.

Population estimate5,019± 743 MOE

Workers age 16+3,085± 574 MOE

Workers with travel time2,877± 570 MOE

Estimated home workers208± 106 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 Abingdon CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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