ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24297122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, Maryland

Mean one-way trip26.7 min±9.2 min MOE
Worked from home16.7%±9.5 pp MOE
Drove alone67.8%±11.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.5%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 commute30.5 min → 26.7 min▼ 3.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.6% → 16.7%▲ 10.1 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.0%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.3% → 67.8%▼ 11.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.8% ±11.7 pp
Carpool11.9% ±6.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk3.6% ±2.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home16.7% ±9.5 pp

Each share uses 3,089 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.

61thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,567± 892 MOE
Workers age 16+3,089± 488 MOE
Workers with travel time2,572± 531 MOE
Estimated home workers517± 305 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.