ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24323502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Glassmanor, Maryland

Mean one-way trip33.6 min±7.2 min MOE
Worked from home11.5%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone57.5%±6.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.3%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 commute38.1 min → 33.6 min▼ 4.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 11.5%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit17.1% → 16.0%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone57.1% → 57.5%▲ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone57.5% ±6.5 pp
Carpool9.8% ±4.8 pp
Public transit16.0% ±6.0 pp
Walk0.5% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±1.0 pp
Work from home11.5% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 8,548 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.

89thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,981± 1,744 MOE
Workers age 16+8,548± 989 MOE
Workers with travel time7,561± 1,038 MOE
Estimated home workers987± 331 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.