ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24347752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Greenbelt, Maryland

Mean one-way trip33.8 min±5.3 min MOE
Worked from home16.7%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone58.5%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.9%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 commute33.0 min → 33.8 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.7% → 16.7%▲ 6.0 pp

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

Public transit11.2% → 12.0%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.4% → 58.5%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone58.5% ±5.1 pp
Carpool7.7% ±2.8 pp
Public transit12.0% ±3.6 pp
Walk2.7% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home16.7% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 12,427 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.

90thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 90% 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.

98thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate24,678± 55 MOE
Workers age 16+12,427± 908 MOE
Workers with travel time10,357± 913 MOE
Estimated home workers2,070± 393 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.