ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24101502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brock Hall, Maryland

Mean one-way trip41.6 min±8.4 min MOE
Worked from home33.3%±6.7 pp MOE
Drove alone55.2%±5.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip19.2%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 commute44.7 min → 41.6 min▼ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.6% → 33.3%▲ 15.8 pp

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

Public transit6.5% → 2.5%▼ 4.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.9% → 55.2%▼ 10.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone55.2% ±5.7 pp
Carpool7.2% ±2.6 pp
Public transit2.5% ±1.4 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home33.3% ±6.7 pp

Each share uses 7,217 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.

97thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,615± 1,175 MOE
Workers age 16+7,217± 641 MOE
Workers with travel time4,811± 647 MOE
Estimated home workers2,406± 528 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.