ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24198252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Coral Hills, Maryland

Mean one-way trip34.9 min±9.1 min MOE
Worked from home14.9%±5.9 pp MOE
Drove alone59.3%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute38.7 min → 34.9 min▼ 3.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.6% → 14.9%▲ 5.2 pp

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

Public transit19.0% → 11.7%▼ 7.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone58.8% → 59.3%▲ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone59.3% ±3.6 pp
Carpool10.9% ±4.0 pp
Public transit11.7% ±4.8 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±1.2 pp
Work from home14.9% ±5.9 pp

Each share uses 4,622 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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.

64thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,756± 1,120 MOE
Workers age 16+4,622± 727 MOE
Workers with travel time3,934± 645 MOE
Estimated home workers688± 292 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.