ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24230252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

District Heights, Maryland

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute38.2 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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

94thMean commute percentile

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

3thWork-from-home percentile

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

98thTransit percentile

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

95th60+ 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 the shares

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.