ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24563372024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Bethesda, Maryland

Mean one-way trip29.6 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home36.7%±5.1 pp MOE
Drove alone45.4%±1.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.5%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 commute31.4 min → 29.6 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home23.1% → 36.7%▲ 13.6 pp

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

Public transit16.2% → 10.3%▼ 5.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone49.6% → 45.4%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone45.4% ±1.6 pp
Carpool4.7% ±1.1 pp
Public transit10.3% ±1.3 pp
Walk1.3% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.3 pp
Work from home36.7% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 27,238 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.

75thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

99thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

97thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

65th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate49,677± 2,167 MOE
Workers age 16+27,238± 1,578 MOE
Workers with travel time17,237± 871 MOE
Estimated home workers10,001± 1,498 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.