What is the average commute in Silver Spring CDP, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 34.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 27.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 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 24724502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Silver Spring, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Silver Spring CDP, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.0 min one way; 27.3% worked from home, 45.2% drove alone, and 12.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip34.0 min±2.4 min MOE

Worked from home27.3%±2.1 pp MOE

Drove alone45.2%±2.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.7%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 Silver Spring 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 +10.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute34.1 min → 34.0 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.5% → 27.3%▲ 10.8 pp

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

Public transit21.0% → 13.8%▼ 7.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone49.7% → 45.2%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Silver Spring CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 45.2%; 13.8% used public transit and 27.3% worked from home.

Drive alone45.2% ±2.5 pp

Carpool7.1% ±1.0 pp

Public transit13.8% ±1.5 pp

Walk2.7% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.9% ±0.3 pp

Work from home27.3% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 46,742 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Silver Spring CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 93th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

93^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

91^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

98^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

83^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Silver Spring CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 46,742 workers age 16+, including 33,973 workers with reported travel time and 12,769 home workers.

Population estimate81,462± 2,512 MOE

Workers age 16+46,742± 1,475 MOE

Workers with travel time33,973± 1,410 MOE

Estimated home workers12,769± 1,056 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 Silver Spring 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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