ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MD · GEOID 24843752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

White Oak, Maryland

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute36.7 min → 34.3 min▼ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.7% → 15.2%▲ 5.5 pp

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

Public transit15.5% → 10.9%▼ 4.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone58.8% → 59.3%▲ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone59.3% ±5.0 pp
Carpool10.1% ±3.7 pp
Public transit10.9% ±4.5 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home15.2% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 8,499 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.

91thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

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.