ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24676752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rockville, Maryland

Mean one-way trip30.7 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home32.7%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone48.0%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.2%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 commute32.8 min → 30.7 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home20.2% → 32.7%▲ 12.5 pp

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

Public transit14.9% → 10.3%▼ 4.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone53.9% → 48.0%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone48.0% ±2.1 pp
Carpool5.6% ±1.0 pp
Public transit10.3% ±1.4 pp
Walk1.6% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.3 pp
Work from home32.7% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 35,815 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.

81thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

97thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

97thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

79th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate67,671± 62 MOE
Workers age 16+35,815± 1,062 MOE
Workers with travel time24,094± 1,114 MOE
Estimated home workers11,721± 766 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.