ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24064002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Beltsville, Maryland

Mean one-way trip32.2 min±6.8 min MOE
Worked from home11.5%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone65.1%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.8%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 commute34.1 min → 32.2 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.7% → 11.5%▲ 5.8 pp

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

Public transit7.6% → 4.5%▼ 3.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.6% → 65.1%▼ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.1% ±4.6 pp
Carpool15.1% ±4.1 pp
Public transit4.5% ±2.8 pp
Walk1.2% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.5 pp
Work from home11.5% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 8,298 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.

85thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,176± 1,281 MOE
Workers age 16+8,298± 793 MOE
Workers with travel time7,345± 802 MOE
Estimated home workers953± 324 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.