What is the average commute in Arbutus CDP, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 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 24019752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Arbutus, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Arbutus CDP, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.5 min one way; 13.6% worked from home, 74.1% drove alone, and 5.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.5 min±3.6 min MOE

Worked from home13.6%±3.4 pp MOE

Drove alone74.1%±1.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.5%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 Arbutus CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.3 min → 24.5 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.6% → 13.6%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 3.7%▲ 1.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 74.1%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Arbutus CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.1%; 3.7% used public transit and 13.6% worked from home.

Drive alone74.1% ±1.4 pp

Carpool5.1% ±1.9 pp

Public transit3.7% ±2.1 pp

Walk3.2% ±3.4 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home13.6% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 12,716 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Arbutus CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 48th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

48^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Arbutus CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,716 workers age 16+, including 10,990 workers with reported travel time and 1,726 home workers.

Population estimate22,507± 1,448 MOE

Workers age 16+12,716± 1,074 MOE

Workers with travel time10,990± 1,050 MOE

Estimated home workers1,726± 452 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 Arbutus 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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