ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24066622024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bensville, Maryland

Mean one-way trip41.8 min±7.4 min MOE
Worked from home16.0%±5.0 pp MOE
Drove alone73.6%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip25.2%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute47.9 min → 41.8 min▼ 6.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.1% → 16.0%▲ 6.9 pp

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

Public transit3.1% → 0.9%▼ 2.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.4% → 73.6%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.6% ±5.4 pp
Carpool7.3% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.9% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home16.0% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 8,538 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.

99thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate15,848± 1,334 MOE
Workers age 16+8,538± 727 MOE
Workers with travel time7,170± 770 MOE
Estimated home workers1,368± 441 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.