ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24376002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Havre de Grace, Maryland

Mean one-way trip28.0 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home21.1%±5.4 pp MOE
Drove alone64.4%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.1%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 commute28.1 min → 28.0 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.5% → 21.1%▲ 6.6 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 1.2%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.1% → 64.4%▼ 8.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.4% ±5.4 pp
Carpool8.3% ±2.7 pp
Public transit1.2% ±1.0 pp
Walk2.7% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.6 pp
Work from home21.1% ±5.4 pp

Each share uses 7,703 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.

68thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thTransit percentile

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

75th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,994± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+7,703± 447 MOE
Workers with travel time6,076± 537 MOE
Estimated home workers1,627± 424 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.