ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24745602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Spring Ridge, Maryland

Mean one-way trip30.9 min±8.0 min MOE
Worked from home24.6%±5.3 pp MOE
Drove alone64.7%±7.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.2%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 commute34.4 min → 30.9 min▼ 3.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.6% → 24.6%▲ 13.0 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 0.4%▼ 1.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.3% → 64.7%▼ 6.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.7% ±7.6 pp
Carpool9.8% ±7.2 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home24.6% ±5.3 pp

Each share uses 3,560 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.

80thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,922± 570 MOE
Workers age 16+3,560± 427 MOE
Workers with travel time2,683± 422 MOE
Estimated home workers877± 215 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.