ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24181502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cloverly, Maryland

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.7 min one way; 28.2% worked from home, 56.9% drove alone, and 16.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip34.7 min±7.3 min MOE
Worked from home28.2%±4.7 pp MOE
Drove alone56.9%±9.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.8%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 Cloverly CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute35.4 min → 34.7 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.7% → 28.2%▲ 10.5 pp

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

Public transit4.9% → 4.8%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.8% → 56.9%▼ 10.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cloverly CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 56.9%; 4.8% used public transit and 28.2% worked from home.

Drive alone56.9% ±9.0 pp
Carpool8.1% ±3.7 pp
Public transit4.8% ±2.2 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home28.2% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 7,982 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cloverly CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 92th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

92thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Cloverly CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,982 workers age 16+, including 5,732 workers with reported travel time and 2,250 home workers.

Population estimate16,646± 1,542 MOE
Workers age 16+7,982± 826 MOE
Workers with travel time5,732± 841 MOE
Estimated home workers2,250± 444 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 Cloverly 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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