What is the average commute in Montgomery Village CDP, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 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 24533252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Montgomery Village, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Montgomery Village CDP, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.6 min one way; 18.3% worked from home, 60.2% drove alone, and 14.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.6 min±3.8 min MOE

Worked from home18.3%±2.7 pp MOE

Drove alone60.2%±2.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.7%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 Montgomery Village CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute34.6 min → 32.6 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.0% → 18.3%▲ 7.3 pp

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

Public transit10.8% → 7.3%▼ 3.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone62.6% → 60.2%▼ 2.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Montgomery Village CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.2%; 7.3% used public transit and 18.3% worked from home.

Drive alone60.2% ±2.9 pp

Carpool11.5% ±2.6 pp

Public transit7.3% ±1.7 pp

Walk1.1% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp

Work from home18.3% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 17,387 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Montgomery Village CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 89th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

89^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

69^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

94^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

88^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Montgomery Village CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 17,387 workers age 16+, including 14,199 workers with reported travel time and 3,188 home workers.

Population estimate34,110± 2,161 MOE

Workers age 16+17,387± 1,264 MOE

Workers with travel time14,199± 1,076 MOE

Estimated home workers3,188± 527 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 Montgomery Village 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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