ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24593252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Overlea, Maryland

Mean one-way trip28.8 min±6.3 min MOE
Worked from home15.4%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone70.5%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.2%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 commute27.6 min → 28.8 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.4% → 15.4%▲ 10.1 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 1.2%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.7% → 70.5%▼ 11.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.5% ±6.7 pp
Carpool8.6% ±2.9 pp
Public transit1.2% ±0.8 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home15.4% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 6,546 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.

72thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,035± 1,338 MOE
Workers age 16+6,546± 811 MOE
Workers with travel time5,535± 756 MOE
Estimated home workers1,011± 234 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.