What is the average commute in Mount Airy town, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 33.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Mount Airy town, Maryland work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 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 24538752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mount Airy, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Mount Airy town, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.0 min one way; 17.8% worked from home, 73.5% drove alone, and 14.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.0 min±3.7 min MOE

Worked from home17.8%±3.2 pp MOE

Drove alone73.5%±3.5 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 Mount Airy town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute37.1 min → 33.0 min▼ 4.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.1% → 17.8%▲ 6.7 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.4%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.2% → 73.5%▼ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Mount Airy town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.5%; 0.4% used public transit and 17.8% worked from home.

Drive alone73.5% ±3.5 pp

Carpool6.6% ±2.5 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.5 pp

Walk1.3% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home17.8% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 5,480 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Mount Airy town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 87th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

87^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% 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 Mount Airy town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,480 workers age 16+, including 4,507 workers with reported travel time and 973 home workers.

Population estimate9,805± 57 MOE

Workers age 16+5,480± 298 MOE

Workers with travel time4,507± 289 MOE

Estimated home workers973± 182 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 Mount Airy town

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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