What is the average commute in Burtonsville CDP, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 21.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 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 24117502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Burtonsville, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Burtonsville CDP, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.9 min one way; 21.0% worked from home, 66.5% drove alone, and 9.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.9 min±9.5 min MOE

Worked from home21.0%±2.7 pp MOE

Drove alone66.5%±10.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.7%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 Burtonsville CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute33.1 min → 32.9 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.7% → 21.0%▲ 8.3 pp

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

Public transit5.0% → 3.5%▼ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.3% → 66.5%▲ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Burtonsville CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.5%; 3.5% used public transit and 21.0% worked from home.

Drive alone66.5% ±10.6 pp

Carpool6.8% ±3.4 pp

Public transit3.5% ±1.6 pp

Walk1.2% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp

Work from home21.0% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 5,830 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Burtonsville CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 87th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

87^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Burtonsville CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,830 workers age 16+, including 4,607 workers with reported travel time and 1,223 home workers.

Population estimate10,203± 1,456 MOE

Workers age 16+5,830± 944 MOE

Workers with travel time4,607± 940 MOE

Estimated home workers1,223± 254 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 Burtonsville 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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