ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24453252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Landover, Maryland

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.7 min one way; 10.1% worked from home, 63.8% drove alone, and 16.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip34.7 min±5.7 min MOE
Worked from home10.1%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone63.8%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.4%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 Landover CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute34.1 min → 34.7 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.8% → 10.1%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit12.1% → 9.5%▼ 2.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone64.4% → 63.8%▼ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Landover CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.8%; 9.5% used public transit and 10.1% worked from home.

Drive alone63.8% ±4.5 pp
Carpool9.2% ±2.4 pp
Public transit9.5% ±3.3 pp
Walk4.6% ±4.5 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.5 pp
Work from home10.1% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 11,678 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Landover CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 92th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

92thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% 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 Landover CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,678 workers age 16+, including 10,497 workers with reported travel time and 1,181 home workers.

Population estimate24,514± 1,808 MOE
Workers age 16+11,678± 1,124 MOE
Workers with travel time10,497± 1,129 MOE
Estimated home workers1,181± 339 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 Landover CDP

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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