Commuting in Allegany County, Maryland: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in Allegany County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Allegany County spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 149 hours, about 6.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 37% less time on the road than the Maryland average of 28.3 minutes each way, a difference of 10.4 minutes.
Allegany County holds about 1.1% of Maryland's population but accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Allegany County would save about 59 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,843 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Area
One-Way Commute
Daily Round-Trip
Yearly Time Spent
Estimated Yearly Cost
Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Allegany County
17.8 min
35.7 min
149 hrs/yr
$4,608
788
Maryland
28.3 min
56.5 min
236 hrs/yr
$7,301
2,353
United States
22.4 min
44.8 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,790
1,355
The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it
as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day
on non-highway roads, come from proprietary
Ticon and
TrafficZoom data.
On average, it takes
17.8
minutes to get to work in
Allegany County.
That's 20% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 3 fastest counties in Maryland
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Allegany County
Car:
87.0%unusually high
Worked at Home:
9.1%
Walked:
2.5%
Other:
0.9%
Public Transportation:
0.3%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Driving is 20% more common in Allegany County than the Maryland average (87.0% vs 72.4%).
Public transit is unusually rare in Allegany County: 12.1 times less than the Maryland average (0.3% vs 4.2%).
Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Allegany County: 17.9 times less than the Maryland average (0.0% vs 0.5%).
Biking is unusually rare in Allegany County: 5.9 times less than the Maryland average (0.0% vs 0.3%).
Commute Mode Trends in Allegany County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Allegany County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.
Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show commute mode data by year
Year
Car
Worked at Home
Walked
Other
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Taxi
Bicycle
2009
91.1%
2.5%
4.7%
0.6%
0.7%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2010
90.8%
2.8%
4.9%
0.5%
0.7%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2011
91.0%
2.8%
4.7%
0.5%
0.6%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2012
91.4%
3.1%
4.2%
0.4%
0.6%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2013
91.1%
3.0%
4.5%
0.2%
0.7%
0.1%
0.3%
0.1%
2014
92.4%
2.3%
4.1%
0.2%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
2015
92.5%
1.9%
4.2%
0.5%
0.6%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
2016
92.1%
2.0%
4.2%
0.6%
0.5%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
2017
92.2%
1.7%
4.4%
0.5%
0.5%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
2018
92.5%
1.9%
4.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
2019
92.7%
2.3%
3.5%
0.5%
0.6%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2020
91.3%
4.2%
3.2%
0.3%
0.6%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2021
90.4%
5.4%
2.8%
0.5%
0.5%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2022
89.3%
6.9%
2.5%
0.5%
0.6%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
87.2%
8.8%
2.6%
0.7%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
87.0%
9.1%
2.5%
0.9%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 92.7%. Overall it fell from 91.1% in 2009 to 87.0% in 2024, down 4.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Allegany County: its share of workers rose from 2.5% in 2009 to 9.1% in 2024, up 6.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.7% to 2.5% of workers (down 2.2 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Allegany County
😴Sleeping InThe 2nd-highest share of 9 AM-or-later starts among Maryland's 24 counties: 28.7% of commuters leave at 9 AM or later.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Allegany County?
The bars show when commuters in Allegany County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Maryland for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMAllegany County4.7%Maryland5.5%
4.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMAllegany County4.4%Maryland4.5%
4.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMAllegany County5.0%Maryland4.8%
5.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMAllegany County6.3%Maryland9.2%
6.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMAllegany County10.2%Maryland8.6%
10.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMAllegany County14.0%Maryland14.0%
14.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMAllegany County12.5%Maryland10.8%
12.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMAllegany County8.6%Maryland11.9%
8.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMAllegany County5.5%Maryland6.2%
5.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMAllegany County6.4%Maryland7.9%
6.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMAllegany County2.9%Maryland3.3%
2.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMAllegany County1.1%Maryland1.5%
1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMAllegany County10.5%Maryland6.3%
10.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMAllegany County7.8%Maryland5.5%
7.8%
Allegany CountyMarylandSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Allegany County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.0% across Maryland. Early starts are about as common as in Maryland: 14.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush looks much like Maryland's: 45.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (28.7%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.
When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.
See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Allegany County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.
Is Allegany County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024
Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Allegany County next to Maryland and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Allegany County
Maryland
United States
2009
7:45 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:45 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:45 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:47 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:46 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:46 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:46 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:45 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:45 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:47 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:45 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:48 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:45 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:44 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:43 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Allegany County were on the road by 7:43 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:45 AM). That goes against the trend across Maryland, where the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Allegany County now leave 5 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Allegany County has moved 3 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Allegany County in the whole series.
How does Allegany County's commute time compare?
Metric
Allegany County
Maryland
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.8 min
28.3 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
9.1%
19.3%
15.0%
Walked
2.5%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.3%
4.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in Allegany County is 17.8 minutes, shorter than the 28.3 minutes in Maryland.
0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 4.2% in Maryland. 2.5% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Maryland.
Allegany County, MD Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Allegany County, MD is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 67,200 residents against a local median of 26,854. Where Allegany County, MD breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 19% below the local median of 22.0 min at 17.8 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 19.7 min on one-way commute, so Allegany County, MD sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Allegany County, MD has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Allegany County, Maryland.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Allegany County, Maryland?
Commuters here spend an estimated 149 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,608 at a typical national wage. That's 37% less than the typical Maryland commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Allegany County, Maryland?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Allegany County, Maryland. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Do people use public transit in Allegany County, Maryland?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.3% of commuters use it versus 4.2% in Maryland, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Which counties in Maryland have the fastest and slowest commutes?
Among counties in Maryland, the shortest average commutes are in Talbot County (17.8 min), Allegany County (17.8 min), Wicomico County (18.1 min). The longest are in Charles County (40.0 min), Calvert County (33.6 min), Prince George's County (32.5 min).