Mean Commute Time in Howard County, MD

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Mean Commute Time
31.6 min +14.7% vs nat'l
Rank #646 of 3,222
80th %ile

How Howard County Compares

Howard County
31.6 min
Maryland Average
31.6 min
Rank #14 of 24 in state
National
27.6 min
14.7% above

National Distribution

Where Howard County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for mean commute time.

3.7 min 49.1 min

■ Howard County: 31.6 min

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#643 Manatí Municipio, PR 31.7 min
#644 Union Parish, LA 31.7 min
#645 Cecil County, MD 31.6 min
#646 Howard County, MD 31.6 min
#647 Nye County, NV 31.6 min
#648 Rockingham County, NH 31.6 min
#649 Hillsborough County, FL 31.6 min
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Mean Commute Time in Howard County, Maryland

Howard County, Maryland has a mean commute time of 31.6 min, which ranks #646 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 14.7% above the national value of 27.6 min.

Within Maryland, Howard County ranks #14 of 24 out of 24 counties. This places it in the 80th percentile nationally.

Estimated mean travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16+. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.