ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24843502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

White Marsh, Maryland

Mean one-way trip31.2 min±5.6 min MOE
Worked from home20.5%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone69.4%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.2%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 commute31.7 min → 31.2 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.4% → 20.5%▲ 9.1 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 0.6%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.8% → 69.4%▼ 6.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.4% ±3.5 pp
Carpool7.3% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home20.5% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 5,752 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.

82thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% 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.

60th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,932± 877 MOE
Workers age 16+5,752± 574 MOE
Workers with travel time4,574± 502 MOE
Estimated home workers1,178± 274 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.