What is the average commute in Hampstead town, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Hampstead town, Maryland work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 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 24365002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hampstead, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Hampstead town, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.4 min one way; 14.8% worked from home, 78.8% drove alone, and 12.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.4 min±5.5 min MOE

Worked from home14.8%±4.5 pp MOE

Drove alone78.8%±7.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.5%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 Hampstead town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -10.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute40.5 min → 30.4 min▼ 10.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 14.8%▲ 8.7 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 0.3%▼ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.7% → 78.8%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hampstead town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.8%; 0.3% used public transit and 14.8% worked from home.

Drive alone78.8% ±7.0 pp

Carpool5.5% ±4.1 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.6 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home14.8% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 3,633 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hampstead town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 79th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

79^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hampstead town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,633 workers age 16+, including 3,096 workers with reported travel time and 537 home workers.

Population estimate6,251± 41 MOE

Workers age 16+3,633± 308 MOE

Workers with travel time3,096± 340 MOE

Estimated home workers537± 168 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 Hampstead town

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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