ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24488752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lutherville, Maryland

Mean one-way trip24.8 min±6.3 min MOE
Worked from home21.6%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone71.2%±4.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.4%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 commute25.8 min → 24.8 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.4% → 21.6%▲ 7.2 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 0.2%▼ 1.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.6% → 71.2%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.2% ±4.8 pp
Carpool4.0% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.8% ±4.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home21.6% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 3,362 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.

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,574± 929 MOE
Workers age 16+3,362± 495 MOE
Workers with travel time2,635± 480 MOE
Estimated home workers727± 147 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.