What is the average commute in Easton town, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Easton town, Maryland work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 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 24244752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Easton, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Easton town, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.4 min one way; 13.9% worked from home, 70.2% drove alone, and 7.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Easton town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -5.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.6 percentage points.

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 Easton town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.2%; 0.5% used public transit and 13.9% worked from home.

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

How Easton town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 23th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

23^thMean commute percentile

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

61^thWork-from-home percentile

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

58^thTransit percentile

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

53^th60+ 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 Easton town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,911 workers age 16+, including 6,809 workers with reported travel time and 1,102 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Maryland commute records for Easton town

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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