Arbutus Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Arbutus, 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 Arbutus: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Arbutus spend about 44 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 185 hours, about 7.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 22% less time on the road than the Maryland average of 28.3 minutes each way, a difference of 6.1 minutes.

Arbutus holds about 0.4% of Maryland's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Arbutus would save about 74 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,289 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)
Arbutus	22.1 min	44.3 min	185 hrs/yr	$5,722	2,985
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.

Arbutus Commute Map

On average, it takes 22.1 minutes to get to work in Arbutus. That's 1% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 09:00 AM – 09:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 13.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Arbutus

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Arbutus, versus 0.1% in Maryland.

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Arbutus: 4893.7 times less than the Maryland average (0.0% vs 0.5%).

Commute Mode Trends in Arbutus, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Arbutus 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	Public Transportation	Walked	Other	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	90.1%	2.2%	5.0%	1.7%	0.6%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%
2010	88.9%	2.1%	5.8%	1.8%	0.9%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%
2011	90.4%	2.1%	4.9%	2.0%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	90.6%	1.8%	4.9%	2.0%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	90.7%	1.9%	4.2%	2.0%	0.4%	0.4%	0.1%	0.3%
2014	90.4%	1.9%	4.3%	1.9%	0.7%	0.3%	0.1%	0.4%
2015	89.9%	1.8%	4.5%	1.9%	1.2%	0.4%	0.1%	0.3%
2016	89.5%	1.5%	4.9%	1.7%	1.3%	0.7%	0.1%	0.4%
2017	90.1%	1.9%	4.2%	1.3%	1.7%	0.6%	0.1%	0.3%
2018	90.4%	1.2%	4.4%	1.4%	1.8%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%
2019	92.3%	1.6%	3.8%	1.0%	0.7%	0.4%	0.0%	0.3%
2020	90.4%	5.3%	2.8%	0.8%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2021	86.2%	9.6%	2.0%	1.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2022	85.5%	11.5%	0.9%	1.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2023	82.8%	12.0%	1.1%	3.7%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2024	79.2%	13.6%	3.7%	3.2%	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 92.3%. Overall it fell from 90.1% in 2009 to 79.2% in 2024, down 10.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Arbutus: its share of workers rose from 2.2% in 2009 to 13.6% in 2024, up 11.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 12.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 5.0% to 3.7% of workers (down 1.3 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Arbutus

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Arbutus?

The bars show when commuters in Arbutus 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		4.6%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.7%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.2%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.7%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		11.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		7.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		12.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.4%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		3.6%

Arbutus Maryland Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Arbutus is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.0% across Maryland. Early starts are less common than in Maryland: 11.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Maryland: 49.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.4%) 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 Arbutus, 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 Arbutus 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 Arbutus 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	Arbutus	Maryland	United States
2009	7:41 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:43 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:36 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:34 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:37 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:39 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:37 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:42 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:46 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:49 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:45 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:41 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:43 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:40 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:41 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:42 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Arbutus were on the road by 7:42 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Maryland, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Arbutus now leave 4 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 Arbutus has moved 3 minutes earlier.

How does Arbutus's commute time compare?

Metric	Arbutus	Maryland	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.1 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	09:00 AM – 09:59 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	13.6%	19.3%	15.0%
Walked	3.2%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	3.7%	4.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Arbutus is 22.1 minutes, shorter than the 28.3 minutes in Maryland.

3.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 4.2% in Maryland. 3.2% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Maryland.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Arbutus, MD Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Arbutus, MD compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Arbutus, MD	22,506	22.1 min #1/3	13.6% #3/3	7:42 AM #1/3
Catonsville, MD	43,371	22.4 min	20.9%	8:04 AM
Elkridge, MD	24,792	23.0 min	22.3%	7:53 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Arbutus, Maryland.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Arbutus, Maryland?

Commuters here spend an estimated 185 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,722 at a typical national wage. That's 22% less than the typical Maryland commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Arbutus, Maryland?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Arbutus, Maryland. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 09:00 AM – 09:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.