Arnold Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Arnold, 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 Arnold: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Arnold spend about 51 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 215 hours, about 8.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 9% less time on the road than the Maryland average of 28.3 minutes each way, a difference of 2.5 minutes.

Arnold holds about 0.4% of Maryland's population and accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Arnold would save about 86 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,661 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)
Arnold	25.7 min	51.5 min	215 hrs/yr	$6,651	3,168
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.

Arnold Commute Map

On average, it takes 25.7 minutes to get to work in Arnold. That's 15% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 22.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Arnold

Walking is unusually rare in Arnold: 3.8 times less than the Maryland average (0.5% vs 2.0%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Arnold: 9.1 times less than the Maryland average (0.5% vs 4.2%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Arnold: 231248.7 times less than the Maryland average (0.0% vs 0.5%).

Commute Mode Trends in Arnold, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Arnold 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	Other	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Walked	Motorcycle	Taxi
2009	91.7%	4.4%	0.1%	0.1%	1.9%	1.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2010	92.1%	4.6%	0.0%	0.2%	2.1%	0.7%	0.2%	0.1%
2011	92.2%	4.8%	0.0%	0.2%	2.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	91.5%	5.4%	0.0%	0.2%	1.9%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	92.1%	5.2%	0.3%	0.2%	1.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	92.8%	4.9%	0.3%	0.1%	1.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	91.7%	5.7%	0.7%	0.1%	1.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	91.6%	5.8%	0.7%	0.1%	1.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	91.2%	6.4%	0.7%	0.1%	1.0%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2018	90.2%	8.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.9%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%
2019	89.8%	8.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.9%	0.4%	0.1%	0.2%
2020	87.0%	11.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.7%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2021	83.7%	15.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2022	78.8%	19.0%	0.8%	0.4%	0.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%
2023	76.8%	20.7%	1.0%	0.4%	0.4%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%
2024	75.2%	22.2%	0.9%	0.6%	0.5%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2014 at 92.8%. Overall it fell from 91.7% in 2009 to 75.2% in 2024, down 16.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 10 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Arnold: its share of workers rose from 4.4% in 2009 to 22.2% in 2024, up 17.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 14.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.9% to 0.5% of workers (down 1.4 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Arnold

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Arnold?

The bars show when commuters in Arnold 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		6.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.5%
5:30-5:59 AM		2.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.4%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		13.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		13.4%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		9.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.8%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.3%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Arnold is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.0% across Maryland. Early starts are less common than in Maryland: 11.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Maryland: 50.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.7%) 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 Arnold, 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 Arnold 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 Arnold 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	Arnold	Maryland	United States
2009	7:42 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:44 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:46 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:48 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:47 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:45 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:38 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:43 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:44 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:44 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:45 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:47 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:42 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:44 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:42 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:47 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Arnold were on the road by 7:47 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:42 AM). Maryland followed the same path, with the typical start moving 4 minutes later. Commuters in Arnold now leave 9 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 Arnold has moved 2 minutes later.

How does Arnold's commute time compare?

Metric	Arnold	Maryland	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	25.7 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	22.2%	19.3%	15.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.5%	4.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Arnold is 25.7 minutes, shorter than the 28.3 minutes in Maryland.

0.5% commute by public transit, lower than the 4.2% in Maryland. 0.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Maryland.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Arnold, MD Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Arnold, MD compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Arnold, MD	24,040	25.7 min #2/2	22.2% #1/2	7:47 AM #1/2
Annapolis, MD	35,365	23.2 min	21.3%	7:56 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Arnold, Maryland.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 215 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,651 at a typical national wage. That's 9% less than the typical Maryland commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Arnold, 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.

How common is public transit use in Arnold, Maryland?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.5% of commuters use it versus 4.2% in Maryland, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.