ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24104752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brooklyn Park, Maryland

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.3 min one way; 7.6% worked from home, 71.4% drove alone, and 11.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.3 min±5.1 min MOE
Worked from home7.6%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone71.4%±8.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.0%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 Brooklyn Park CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.9 min → 28.3 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.3% → 7.6%▲ 4.4 pp

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

Public transit6.0% → 3.1%▼ 2.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.9% → 71.4%▼ 7.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Brooklyn Park CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.4%; 3.1% used public transit and 7.6% worked from home.

Drive alone71.4% ±8.3 pp
Carpool16.9% ±5.2 pp
Public transit3.1% ±2.2 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home7.6% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 7,786 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Brooklyn Park CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 70th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

70thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Brooklyn Park CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,786 workers age 16+, including 7,191 workers with reported travel time and 595 home workers.

Population estimate16,067± 1,251 MOE
Workers age 16+7,786± 696 MOE
Workers with travel time7,191± 741 MOE
Estimated home workers595± 185 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 Brooklyn Park 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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