Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24843752024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
White Oak, Maryland
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.3 min one way; 15.2% worked from home, 59.3% drove alone, and 16.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip34.3 min±6.8 min MOE
Worked from home15.2%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone59.3%±5.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.4%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 White Oak CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How White Oak CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 59.3%; 10.9% used public transit and 15.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 8,499 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How White Oak CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 91th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind White Oak CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 8,499 workers age 16+, including 7,209 workers with reported travel time and 1,290 home workers.
Population estimate17,329± 1,668 MOE
Workers age 16+8,499± 922 MOE
Workers with travel time7,209± 873 MOE
Estimated home workers1,290± 366 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
All Maryland reports →Comparable Maryland commute records for White Oak CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.