ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24055502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bel Air, Maryland

Mean one-way trip27.7 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home10.0%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone81.7%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.8%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.9 min → 27.7 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 10.0%▲ 5.6 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 1.0%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.9% → 81.7%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.7% ±4.4 pp
Carpool3.5% ±1.8 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.8 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle1.1% ±1.8 pp
Work from home10.0% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 5,648 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

66thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

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

67thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,585± 55 MOE
Workers age 16+5,648± 487 MOE
Workers with travel time5,083± 494 MOE
Estimated home workers565± 180 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.