ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24533252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Montgomery Village, Maryland

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

89thMean commute percentile

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

69thWork-from-home percentile

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

94thTransit percentile

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

88th60+ 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 the shares

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.