Mean Commute Time in Howard County, MD
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Mean Commute Time Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Commute Change
National Distribution
How Howard County's mean commute time of 31.6 min compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 3.7 min to 49.1 min.
Distribution of Mean Commute Time Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Howard County for mean commute time.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #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 |
About Mean Commute Time
Howard County, Maryland has a mean commute time of 31.6 min, ranking #646 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 14.7% above the national value of 27.6 min. Within Maryland, it ranks #14 of 24. This places it in the 80th percentile nationally.
Estimated mean travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16+. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.