ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24786502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Travilah, Maryland

Mean one-way trip29.0 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home30.1%±4.6 pp MOE
Drove alone61.1%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.6%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 commute31.5 min → 29.0 min▼ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home23.2% → 30.1%▲ 6.9 pp

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

Public transit4.3% → 1.5%▼ 2.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.2% → 61.1%▼ 2.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone61.1% ±5.8 pp
Carpool5.4% ±2.5 pp
Public transit1.5% ±0.8 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.4 pp
Work from home30.1% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 5,832 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.

72thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,721± 898 MOE
Workers age 16+5,832± 512 MOE
Workers with travel time4,076± 476 MOE
Estimated home workers1,756± 307 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.