ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24594252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Owings Mills, Maryland

Mean one-way trip29.4 min±3.9 min MOE
Worked from home19.7%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone64.9%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.8%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 commute34.1 min → 29.4 min▼ 4.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.9% → 19.7%▲ 7.8 pp

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

Public transit8.8% → 4.8%▼ 4.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.8% → 64.9%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.9% ±2.8 pp
Carpool5.9% ±1.9 pp
Public transit4.8% ±1.8 pp
Walk2.5% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home19.7% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 20,824 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.

74thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

73thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

89thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

72th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate37,245± 2,389 MOE
Workers age 16+20,824± 1,475 MOE
Workers with travel time16,722± 1,271 MOE
Estimated home workers4,102± 814 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.