Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24087752024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Bowie, Maryland
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.8 min one way; 26.0% worked from home, 60.6% drove alone, and 17.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip34.8 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home26.0%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone60.6%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.0%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 Bowie city'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 +7.7 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 Bowie city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.6%; 3.0% used public transit and 26.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 31,871 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Bowie city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 94th 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 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Bowie city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 31,871 workers age 16+, including 23,579 workers with reported travel time and 8,292 home workers.
Population estimate57,926± 93 MOE
Workers age 16+31,871± 979 MOE
Workers with travel time23,579± 989 MOE
Estimated home workers8,292± 783 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 Bowie city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.