ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24290002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Forestville, Maryland

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

92thMean commute percentile

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

77thWork-from-home percentile

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

97thTransit percentile

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

91th60+ 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 the shares

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.