What is the average commute in Mount Rainier city, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Mount Rainier city, Maryland work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 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 24542752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mount Rainier, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Mount Rainier city, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.8 min one way; 18.6% worked from home, 56.7% drove alone, and 8.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.8 min±5.5 min MOE

Worked from home18.6%±3.8 pp MOE

Drove alone56.7%±8.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.0%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 Rainier city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.8 min → 31.8 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.7% → 18.6%▲ 8.9 pp

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

Public transit22.8% → 16.3%▼ 6.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone56.5% → 56.7%▲ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Mount Rainier city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 56.7%; 16.3% used public transit and 18.6% worked from home.

Drive alone56.7% ±8.0 pp

Carpool4.2% ±2.4 pp

Public transit16.3% ±3.9 pp

Walk2.3% ±1.6 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp

Work from home18.6% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 4,473 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Mount Rainier city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 83th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

83^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Mount Rainier city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,473 workers age 16+, including 3,643 workers with reported travel time and 830 home workers.

Population estimate8,245± 41 MOE

Workers age 16+4,473± 421 MOE

Workers with travel time3,643± 417 MOE

Estimated home workers830± 187 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 Rainier city

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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