What is the average commute in District Heights city, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 36.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in District Heights city, Maryland work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 2.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 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 24230252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

District Heights, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for District Heights city, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 36.1 min one way; 2.3% worked from home, 77.1% drove alone, and 20.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip36.1 min±8.3 min MOE

Worked from home2.3%±1.5 pp MOE

Drove alone77.1%±7.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip20.9%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 District Heights city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute38.2 min → 36.1 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.1% → 2.3%▲ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit14.5% → 11.9%▼ 2.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.2% → 77.1%▲ 9.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How District Heights city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.1%; 11.9% used public transit and 2.3% worked from home.

Drive alone77.1% ±7.3 pp

Carpool7.3% ±4.7 pp

Public transit11.9% ±5.8 pp

Walk0.3% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp

Work from home2.3% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 2,536 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How District Heights city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 94th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

94^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind District Heights city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,536 workers age 16+, including 2,477 workers with reported travel time and 59 home workers.

Population estimate5,891± 22 MOE

Workers age 16+2,536± 337 MOE

Workers with travel time2,477± 333 MOE

Estimated home workers59± 38 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 District Heights city

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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