ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24213252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cumberland, Maryland

Mean one-way trip18.9 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home9.5%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone74.1%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.5%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 commute21.4 min → 18.9 min▼ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 9.5%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.6%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.8% → 74.1%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.1% ±3.6 pp
Carpool10.6% ±2.9 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.7 pp
Walk3.4% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home9.5% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 7,082 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.

16thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,804± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+7,082± 381 MOE
Workers with travel time6,409± 366 MOE
Estimated home workers673± 186 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.