What is the average commute in Overlea CDP, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Overlea CDP, Maryland work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.0 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 24593252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Overlea, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Overlea CDP, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.8 min one way; 15.4% worked from home, 70.5% drove alone, and 7.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Overlea CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.1 percentage points.

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 Overlea CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.5%; 1.2% used public transit and 15.4% worked from home.

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

How Overlea CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 72th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

72^thMean commute percentile

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

66^thWork-from-home percentile

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

70^thTransit percentile

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

54^th60+ 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 Overlea CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,546 workers age 16+, including 5,535 workers with reported travel time and 1,011 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Maryland commute records for Overlea CDP

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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