What is the average commute in Chesapeake Beach town, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 41.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Chesapeake Beach town, Maryland work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 19.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 7.1 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 24159252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Chesapeake Beach, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Chesapeake Beach town, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 41.3 min one way; 19.7% worked from home, 70.7% drove alone, and 20.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip41.3 min±7.6 min MOE

Worked from home19.7%±7.1 pp MOE

Drove alone70.7%±5.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip20.2%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 Chesapeake Beach town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute40.7 min → 41.3 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.2% → 19.7%▲ 7.5 pp

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

Public transit3.3% → 1.2%▼ 2.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.1% → 70.7%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Chesapeake Beach town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.7%; 1.2% used public transit and 19.7% worked from home.

Drive alone70.7% ±5.2 pp

Carpool6.6% ±3.0 pp

Public transit1.2% ±1.3 pp

Walk0.9% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home19.7% ±7.1 pp

Each share uses 3,445 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Chesapeake Beach town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 98th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

98^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% 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.

94^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Chesapeake Beach town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,445 workers age 16+, including 2,768 workers with reported travel time and 677 home workers.

Population estimate6,456± 23 MOE

Workers age 16+3,445± 376 MOE

Workers with travel time2,768± 314 MOE

Estimated home workers677± 257 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 Chesapeake Beach town

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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