ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24542752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mount Rainier, Maryland

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

83thMean commute percentile

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

75thWork-from-home percentile

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

99thTransit percentile

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

59th60+ 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 the shares

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.