ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24609502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Peppermill Village, Maryland

Mean one-way trip38.7 min±9.5 min MOE
Worked from home10.6%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone53.6%±7.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip20.7%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 commute36.9 min → 38.7 min▲ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 10.6%▲ 6.7 pp

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

Public transit21.0% → 10.1%▼ 10.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone54.2% → 53.6%▼ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone53.6% ±7.8 pp
Carpool15.4% ±7.4 pp
Public transit10.1% ±8.3 pp
Walk2.5% ±2.3 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±1.9 pp
Work from home10.6% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 2,417 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.

97thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,238± 692 MOE
Workers age 16+2,417± 395 MOE
Workers with travel time2,161± 337 MOE
Estimated home workers256± 112 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.