What is the average commute in Cape St. Claire CDP, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Cape St. Claire CDP, Maryland work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 25.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.7 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 24129122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cape St. Claire, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Cape St. Claire CDP, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.5 min one way; 25.3% worked from home, 69.6% drove alone, and 9.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.5 min±5.0 min MOE

Worked from home25.3%±4.7 pp MOE

Drove alone69.6%±4.0 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 Cape St. Claire CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.5 min → 31.5 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.7% → 25.3%▲ 6.6 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.2%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.4% → 69.6%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cape St. Claire CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.6%; 0.2% used public transit and 25.3% worked from home.

Drive alone69.6% ±4.0 pp

Carpool2.2% ±1.1 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp

Walk1.3% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp

Work from home25.3% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 4,800 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cape St. Claire CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 82th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

82^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% 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 Cape St. Claire CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,800 workers age 16+, including 3,587 workers with reported travel time and 1,213 home workers.

Population estimate9,236± 741 MOE

Workers age 16+4,800± 366 MOE

Workers with travel time3,587± 323 MOE

Estimated home workers1,213± 246 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 Cape St. Claire 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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