Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24507502024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Marlow Heights, Maryland
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 37.2 min one way; 7.5% worked from home, 63.3% drove alone, and 7.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip37.2 min±13.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.5%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone63.3%±8.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.3%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 Marlow Heights CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.9 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Marlow Heights CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.3%; 17.2% used public transit and 7.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,120 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Marlow Heights CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 96th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Marlow Heights CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,120 workers age 16+, including 1,961 workers with reported travel time and 159 home workers.
Population estimate5,456± 958 MOE
Workers age 16+2,120± 497 MOE
Workers with travel time1,961± 475 MOE
Estimated home workers159± 69 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
All Maryland reports →Comparable Maryland commute records for Marlow Heights CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.