Aspen Hill Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Aspen Hill, 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 Aspen Hill: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Aspen Hill spend about 63 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 264 hours, about 11.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 12% more time on the road than the Maryland average of 28.3 minutes each way, a difference of 3.4 minutes.

Aspen Hill holds about 0.9% of Maryland's population but accounts for roughly 1.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Aspen Hill would save about 105 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,270 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)
Aspen Hill	31.6 min	63.3 min	264 hrs/yr	$8,175	3,867
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.

Aspen Hill Commute Map

On average, it takes 31.6 minutes to get to work in Aspen Hill. That's 41% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 22.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Aspen Hill

Commute Mode Trends in Aspen Hill, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Aspen Hill 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	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	77.4%	3.9%	16.8%	1.0%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
2010	76.9%	3.9%	17.5%	0.9%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
2011	77.8%	3.7%	16.8%	1.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2012	78.6%	3.5%	16.9%	0.6%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2013	77.5%	3.5%	17.7%	0.8%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2014	79.4%	3.7%	15.7%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2015	80.1%	3.9%	14.5%	1.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2016	78.9%	3.3%	16.1%	0.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%
2017	77.7%	3.8%	16.0%	1.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.3%	0.3%
2018	78.1%	4.1%	14.9%	1.6%	0.5%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%
2019	77.1%	3.7%	15.9%	1.7%	0.9%	0.2%	0.1%	0.3%
2020	73.2%	9.3%	14.4%	1.7%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%
2021	71.0%	13.6%	11.7%	1.9%	1.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2022	68.4%	18.6%	9.8%	1.5%	1.3%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	66.4%	20.4%	10.2%	1.3%	1.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
2024	65.5%	22.8%	8.8%	1.2%	1.0%	0.3%	0.3%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2015 at 80.1%. Overall it fell from 77.4% in 2009 to 65.5% in 2024, down 11.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Aspen Hill: its share of workers rose from 3.9% in 2009 to 22.8% in 2024, up 18.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 19.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 16.8% to 8.8% of workers (down 8.0 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Aspen Hill

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Aspen Hill?

The bars show when commuters in Aspen Hill 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		3.6%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.4%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.6%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		19.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.6%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.8%
9:00-9:59 AM		9.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		5.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.8%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.5%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Aspen Hill is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 19.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.0% across Maryland. Early starts are less common than in Maryland: 11.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Maryland: 47.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.9%) 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 Aspen Hill, 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 Aspen Hill 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 Aspen Hill 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	Aspen Hill	Maryland	United States
2009	7:49 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:49 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:44 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:40 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:42 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:37 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	7:43 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:40 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:52 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:52 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:48 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:45 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:45 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:42 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Aspen Hill were on the road by 7:42 AM, 7 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:49 AM). That goes against the trend across Maryland, where the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Aspen Hill 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 Aspen Hill has moved 10 minutes earlier.

How does Aspen Hill's commute time compare?

Metric	Aspen Hill	Maryland	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	31.6 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	22.8%	19.3%	15.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	8.8%	4.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Aspen Hill is 31.6 minutes, longer than the 28.3 minutes in Maryland.

8.8% commute by public transit, higher than the 4.2% in Maryland. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Maryland.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Aspen Hill, MD Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Aspen Hill, MD	53,456	31.6 min #2/2	22.8% #1/2	7:42 AM #1/2
Wheaton, MD	54,983	31.1 min	20.3%	7:49 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Aspen Hill, Maryland.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Aspen Hill, Maryland?

Commuters here spend an estimated 264 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,175 at a typical national wage. That's 12% more than the typical Maryland commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Aspen Hill, Maryland?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Aspen Hill, Maryland. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.