ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24780502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Timonium, Maryland

Mean one-way trip25.8 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home27.2%±9.5 pp MOE
Drove alone63.4%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.6%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute25.8 min → 25.8 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.7% → 27.2%▲ 10.6 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 0.6%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.1% → 63.4%▼ 10.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.4% ±3.0 pp
Carpool7.8% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp
Work from home27.2% ±9.5 pp

Each share uses 4,603 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.

56thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,304± 1,032 MOE
Workers age 16+4,603± 641 MOE
Workers with travel time3,349± 426 MOE
Estimated home workers1,254± 473 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.