ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24506852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Marlboro Village, Maryland

Mean one-way trip34.6 min±8.0 min MOE
Worked from home14.6%±4.7 pp MOE
Drove alone66.6%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.5%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 commute39.9 min → 34.6 min▼ 5.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 14.6%▲ 7.8 pp

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

Public transit11.4% → 3.6%▼ 7.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.3% → 66.6%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.6% ±4.6 pp
Carpool8.0% ±5.0 pp
Public transit3.6% ±2.7 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home14.6% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 5,269 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.

92thMean commute percentile

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

63thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% 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 the shares

Population estimate9,382± 964 MOE
Workers age 16+5,269± 619 MOE
Workers with travel time4,498± 619 MOE
Estimated home workers771± 266 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.