What is the average commute in Bowleys Quarters CDP, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Bowleys Quarters CDP, Maryland work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.8 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · MD · GEOID 24088002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bowleys Quarters, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Bowleys Quarters CDP, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.1 min one way; 9.7% worked from home, 78.8% drove alone, and 7.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.1 min±7.8 min MOE

Worked from home9.7%±5.8 pp MOE

Drove alone78.8%±6.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.3%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 Bowleys Quarters CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute33.9 min → 29.1 min▼ 4.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 9.7%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit3.0% → 1.2%▼ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.8% → 78.8%▼ 3.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bowleys Quarters CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.8%; 1.2% used public transit and 9.7% worked from home.

Drive alone78.8% ±6.4 pp

Carpool7.3% ±3.9 pp

Public transit1.2% ±1.1 pp

Walk1.1% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home9.7% ±5.8 pp

Each share uses 3,631 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bowleys Quarters CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 74th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

74^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bowleys Quarters CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,631 workers age 16+, including 3,279 workers with reported travel time and 352 home workers.

Population estimate7,006± 950 MOE

Workers age 16+3,631± 706 MOE

Workers with travel time3,279± 661 MOE

Estimated home workers352± 220 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

Comparable Maryland commute records for Bowleys Quarters CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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