ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24388502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hillandale, Maryland

Mean one-way trip32.9 min±9.2 min MOE
Worked from home23.0%±8.4 pp MOE
Drove alone54.4%±7.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute34.1 min → 32.9 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.9% → 23.0%▲ 11.1 pp

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

Public transit8.9% → 6.8%▼ 2.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.0% → 54.4%▼ 15.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone54.4% ±7.7 pp
Carpool12.3% ±6.8 pp
Public transit6.8% ±2.9 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.6 pp
Work from home23.0% ±8.4 pp

Each share uses 2,629 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.

87thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,060± 671 MOE
Workers age 16+2,629± 472 MOE
Workers with travel time2,024± 408 MOE
Estimated home workers605± 245 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.