What is the average commute in Fairwood CDP, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 39.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Fairwood CDP, Maryland work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 34.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 9.8 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 24275802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fairwood, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Fairwood CDP, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 39.2 min one way; 34.8% worked from home, 54.7% drove alone, and 23.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip39.2 min±10.0 min MOE

Worked from home34.8%±9.8 pp MOE

Drove alone54.7%±9.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip23.6%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 Fairwood CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute41.4 min → 39.2 min▼ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home23.1% → 34.8%▲ 11.7 pp

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

Public transit9.3% → 5.1%▼ 4.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone58.1% → 54.7%▼ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fairwood CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 54.7%; 5.1% used public transit and 34.8% worked from home.

Drive alone54.7% ±9.5 pp

Carpool4.3% ±2.8 pp

Public transit5.1% ±3.0 pp

Walk0.2% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home34.8% ±9.8 pp

Each share uses 4,267 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fairwood CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 97th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

97^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98^thWork-from-home percentile

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

91^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fairwood CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,267 workers age 16+, including 2,782 workers with reported travel time and 1,485 home workers.

Population estimate7,526± 1,170 MOE

Workers age 16+4,267± 452 MOE

Workers with travel time2,782± 473 MOE

Estimated home workers1,485± 448 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 Fairwood CDP

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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