What is the average commute in Thurmont town, Maryland?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Thurmont town, Maryland work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 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 24778252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Thurmont, Maryland

Name: Commute estimates for Thurmont town, Maryland
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.5 min one way; 15.3% worked from home, 74.2% drove alone, and 12.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.5 min±4.4 min MOE

Worked from home15.3%±3.4 pp MOE

Drove alone74.2%±4.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.6%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 Thurmont town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.6 min → 28.5 min▼ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.8% → 15.3%▲ 6.6 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.6%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.0% → 74.2%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Thurmont town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.2%; 0.6% used public transit and 15.3% worked from home.

Drive alone74.2% ±4.7 pp

Carpool6.9% ±3.3 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.7 pp

Walk1.7% ±1.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home15.3% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 3,474 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Thurmont town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 70th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

70^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Thurmont town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,474 workers age 16+, including 2,941 workers with reported travel time and 533 home workers.

Population estimate6,254± 23 MOE

Workers age 16+3,474± 201 MOE

Workers with travel time2,941± 212 MOE

Estimated home workers533± 121 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 Thurmont town

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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