Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24071252024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Bethesda, Maryland
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.7 min one way; 38.0% worked from home, 39.8% drove alone, and 6.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.7 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home38.0%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone39.8%±1.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.2%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 Bethesda CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +13.2 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Bethesda CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 39.8%; 9.6% used public transit and 38.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 36,061 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Bethesda CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 65th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Bethesda CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 36,061 workers age 16+, including 22,375 workers with reported travel time and 13,686 home workers.
Population estimate69,397± 2,523 MOE
Workers age 16+36,061± 1,319 MOE
Workers with travel time22,375± 1,080 MOE
Estimated home workers13,686± 883 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
All Maryland reports →Comparable Maryland commute records for Bethesda CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.