What is the average commute in Mayo CDP, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 35.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Mayo CDP, Maryland work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 28.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 7.4 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · MD · GEOID 24515752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mayo, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Mayo CDP, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.1 min one way; 28.2% worked from home, 64.6% drove alone, and 14.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip35.1 min±7.5 min MOE

Worked from home28.2%±7.4 pp MOE

Drove alone64.6%±6.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.6%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 Mayo CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute37.4 min → 35.1 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home21.0% → 28.2%▲ 7.2 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 1.3%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.0% → 64.6%▼ 12.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Mayo CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.6%; 1.3% used public transit and 28.2% worked from home.

Drive alone64.6% ±6.7 pp

Carpool4.5% ±2.1 pp

Public transit1.3% ±1.4 pp

Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home28.2% ±7.4 pp

Each share uses 4,460 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Mayo 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.

92^thMean commute percentile

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

93^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Mayo CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,460 workers age 16+, including 3,203 workers with reported travel time and 1,257 home workers.

Population estimate8,694± 986 MOE

Workers age 16+4,460± 532 MOE

Workers with travel time3,203± 451 MOE

Estimated home workers1,257± 364 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 Mayo 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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