ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24582252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ocean City, Maryland

Mean one-way trip19.6 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home17.4%±4.7 pp MOE
Drove alone66.3%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.6%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute19.2 min → 19.6 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.5% → 17.4%▲ 5.9 pp

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

Public transit4.3% → 1.1%▼ 3.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.5% → 66.3%▼ 1.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.3% ±5.2 pp
Carpool4.1% ±2.6 pp
Public transit1.1% ±1.3 pp
Walk3.9% ±3.1 pp
Bicycle4.8% ±2.3 pp
Work from home17.4% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 3,606 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.

19thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,903± 20 MOE
Workers age 16+3,606± 265 MOE
Workers with travel time2,979± 242 MOE
Estimated home workers627± 175 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.