What is the average commute in Forestville CDP, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 35.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 19.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.3 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 24290002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Forestville, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Forestville CDP, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.0 min one way; 19.0% worked from home, 57.2% drove alone, and 17.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip35.0 min±7.1 min MOE

Worked from home19.0%±5.3 pp MOE

Drove alone57.2%±3.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip17.1%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 Forestville CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute36.2 min → 35.0 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.7% → 19.0%▲ 11.3 pp

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

Public transit14.1% → 10.8%▼ 3.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone64.3% → 57.2%▼ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Forestville CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 57.2%; 10.8% used public transit and 19.0% worked from home.

Drive alone57.2% ±3.2 pp

Carpool7.2% ±3.7 pp

Public transit10.8% ±4.5 pp

Walk3.8% ±2.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home19.0% ±5.3 pp

Each share uses 4,781 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Forestville CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 92th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

92^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Forestville CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,781 workers age 16+, including 3,873 workers with reported travel time and 908 home workers.

Population estimate10,495± 1,026 MOE

Workers age 16+4,781± 566 MOE

Workers with travel time3,873± 478 MOE

Estimated home workers908± 276 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 Forestville 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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