What is the average commute in Ocean City town, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Ocean City town, Maryland work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.7 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 24582252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ocean City, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Ocean City town, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.6 min one way; 17.4% worked from home, 66.3% drove alone, and 3.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Ocean City town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.9 percentage points.

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 Ocean City town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.3%; 1.1% used public transit and 17.4% worked from home.

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

How Ocean City town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 19th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

19^thMean commute percentile

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

72^thWork-from-home percentile

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

68^thTransit percentile

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

22^th60+ 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 Ocean City town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,606 workers age 16+, including 2,979 workers with reported travel time and 627 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Maryland commute records for Ocean City 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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