ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24260002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ellicott City, Maryland

Mean one-way trip28.2 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home27.2%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone65.4%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.5%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 commute29.4 min → 28.2 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.5% → 27.2%▲ 10.7 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.5%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.3% → 65.4%▼ 8.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.4% ±2.1 pp
Carpool4.8% ±0.9 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home27.2% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 36,370 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.

68thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

90thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

37thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

58th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate75,257± 2,426 MOE
Workers age 16+36,370± 1,206 MOE
Workers with travel time26,488± 1,107 MOE
Estimated home workers9,882± 906 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.