What is the average commute in Savage CDP, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.4 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 24704752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Savage, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Savage CDP, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.2 min one way; 17.8% worked from home, 76.5% drove alone, and 7.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.2 min±6.3 min MOE

Worked from home17.8%±6.4 pp MOE

Drove alone76.5%±6.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.1%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 Savage CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.5 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute24.3 min → 24.2 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.3% → 17.8%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit5.5% → 0.8%▼ 4.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.5% → 76.5%▼ 1.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Savage CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.5%; 0.8% used public transit and 17.8% worked from home.

Drive alone76.5% ±6.3 pp

Carpool2.1% ±1.9 pp

Public transit0.8% ±0.9 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home17.8% ±6.4 pp

Each share uses 4,788 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Savage CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 46th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

46^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73^thWork-from-home percentile

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

63^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Savage CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,788 workers age 16+, including 3,937 workers with reported travel time and 851 home workers.

Population estimate8,239± 1,207 MOE

Workers age 16+4,788± 803 MOE

Workers with travel time3,937± 702 MOE

Estimated home workers851± 338 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 Savage 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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