ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24402002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Honeygo, Maryland

Mean one-way trip30.0 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home16.5%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone72.1%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.4%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 → 30.0 min▼ 4.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.9% → 16.5%▲ 7.6 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.7%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.6% → 72.1%▼ 10.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.1% ±6.1 pp
Carpool6.7% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.6 pp
Walk2.1% ±2.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home16.5% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 6,136 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.

77thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,250± 834 MOE
Workers age 16+6,136± 465 MOE
Workers with travel time5,125± 501 MOE
Estimated home workers1,011± 251 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.