What is the average commute in Fallston CDP, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 35.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.0 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 24277002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fallston, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Fallston CDP, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.8 min one way; 18.4% worked from home, 66.7% drove alone, and 17.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip35.8 min±12.5 min MOE

Worked from home18.4%±6.0 pp MOE

Drove alone66.7%±17.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip17.9%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 Fallston CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute40.0 min → 35.8 min▼ 4.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.2% → 18.4%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.0%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.7% → 66.7%▼ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fallston CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 18.4% worked from home.

Drive alone66.7% ±17.3 pp

Carpool13.7% ±11.9 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp

Walk1.1% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home18.4% ±6.0 pp

Each share uses 4,995 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fallston CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 94th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

94^thMean commute percentile

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

75^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fallston CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,995 workers age 16+, including 4,077 workers with reported travel time and 918 home workers.

Population estimate10,013± 1,311 MOE

Workers age 16+4,995± 957 MOE

Workers with travel time4,077± 896 MOE

Estimated home workers918± 348 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 Fallston 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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