What is the average commute in Glenarden city, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 34.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Glenarden city, Maryland work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 19.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 7.3 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 24325002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Glenarden, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Glenarden city, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.4 min one way; 19.5% worked from home, 58.4% drove alone, and 15.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip34.4 min±7.5 min MOE

Worked from home19.5%±7.3 pp MOE

Drove alone58.4%±8.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip15.3%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 Glenarden city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.7 min → 34.4 min▲ 3.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.7% → 19.5%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit6.6% → 2.9%▼ 3.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.7% → 58.4%▼ 10.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Glenarden city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 58.4%; 2.9% used public transit and 19.5% worked from home.

Drive alone58.4% ±8.4 pp

Carpool10.6% ±4.6 pp

Public transit2.9% ±2.2 pp

Walk3.9% ±5.2 pp

Bicycle2.3% ±2.1 pp

Work from home19.5% ±7.3 pp

Each share uses 2,945 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Glenarden city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 91th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

91^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Glenarden city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,945 workers age 16+, including 2,372 workers with reported travel time and 573 home workers.

Population estimate6,344± 32 MOE

Workers age 16+2,945± 288 MOE

Workers with travel time2,372± 314 MOE

Estimated home workers573± 221 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 Glenarden city

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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