What is the average commute in Baltimore city, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Baltimore city, Maryland work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.6 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.

PLACE · MD · GEOID 24040002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Baltimore, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Baltimore city, Maryland
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.1 min one way; 17.8% worked from home, 55.5% drove alone, and 10.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.1 min±0.7 min MOE

Worked from home17.8%±0.6 pp MOE

Drove alone55.5%±1.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.3%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 Baltimore city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.7 min → 29.1 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.8% → 17.8%▲ 7.0 pp

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

Public transit14.4% → 10.3%▼ 4.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone58.2% → 55.5%▼ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Baltimore city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 55.5%; 10.3% used public transit and 17.8% worked from home.

Drive alone55.5% ±1.0 pp

Carpool7.1% ±0.4 pp

Public transit10.3% ±0.6 pp

Walk5.6% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.6% ±0.1 pp

Work from home17.8% ±0.6 pp

Each share uses 270,602 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Baltimore city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 82th percentile among covered 500k+ places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

82^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 82% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

50^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

82^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

84^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Baltimore city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 270,602 workers age 16+, including 222,441 workers with reported travel time and 48,161 home workers.

Population estimate573,243± — MOE

Workers age 16+270,602± 2,522 MOE

Workers with travel time222,441± 3,005 MOE

Estimated home workers48,161± 1,803 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 Baltimore city

No other Maryland place in the 500k+ population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.

All Maryland reports →