ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24244752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Easton, Maryland

Mean one-way trip20.4 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home13.9%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone70.2%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.0%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 commute25.5 min → 20.4 min▼ 5.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.3% → 13.9%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.5%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.8% → 70.2%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.2% ±4.0 pp
Carpool10.1% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle2.1% ±1.8 pp
Work from home13.9% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 7,911 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.

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher 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.

53th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate17,308± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+7,911± 477 MOE
Workers with travel time6,809± 509 MOE
Estimated home workers1,102± 350 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.