ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24771002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Temple Hills, Maryland

Mean one-way trip33.3 min±8.7 min MOE
Worked from home19.2%±6.8 pp MOE
Drove alone61.8%±10.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.2%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 commute38.3 min → 33.3 min▼ 5.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 19.2%▲ 13.1 pp

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

Public transit14.0% → 8.7%▼ 5.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.5% → 61.8%▼ 6.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone61.8% ±10.7 pp
Carpool8.5% ±4.2 pp
Public transit8.7% ±3.9 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home19.2% ±6.8 pp

Each share uses 4,385 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.

88thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,969± 1,120 MOE
Workers age 16+4,385± 619 MOE
Workers with travel time3,541± 650 MOE
Estimated home workers844± 322 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.