ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24705252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Scaggsville, Maryland

Mean one-way trip29.6 min±6.6 min MOE
Worked from home29.8%±4.8 pp MOE
Drove alone64.1%±8.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.1%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 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 → 29.6 min▼ 3.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.3% → 29.8%▲ 10.5 pp

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

Public transit3.9% → 2.2%▼ 1.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.6% → 64.1%▼ 6.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.1% ±8.3 pp
Carpool3.2% ±1.8 pp
Public transit2.2% ±1.6 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home29.8% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 5,255 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.

75thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,564± 1,236 MOE
Workers age 16+5,255± 567 MOE
Workers with travel time3,690± 591 MOE
Estimated home workers1,565± 302 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.