ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24529752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mitchellville, Maryland

Mean one-way trip33.1 min±7.9 min MOE
Worked from home23.1%±4.9 pp MOE
Drove alone61.5%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.7%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 commute36.1 min → 33.1 min▼ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.9% → 23.1%▲ 11.3 pp

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

Public transit7.4% → 4.6%▼ 2.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.2% → 61.5%▼ 7.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone61.5% ±5.4 pp
Carpool6.8% ±3.7 pp
Public transit4.6% ±2.8 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home23.1% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 5,846 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.

88thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,359± 1,176 MOE
Workers age 16+5,846± 832 MOE
Workers with travel time4,494± 715 MOE
Estimated home workers1,352± 347 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.