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Calvert County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Calvert 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 Calvert County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Calvert County spend about 67 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 280 hours, about 11.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 19% more time on the road than the Maryland average of 28.3 minutes each way, a difference of 5.3 minutes.

Calvert County holds about 1.5% of Maryland's population but accounts for roughly 1.8% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Calvert County would save about 112 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,469 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)
Calvert County 33.6 min 67.1 min 280 hrs/yr $8,673 1,709
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.

Commute Time Map: Maryland Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Maryland
  1. Talbot County (17.8 min)
  2. Allegany County (17.8 min)
  3. Wicomico County (18.1 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Maryland
  1. Charles County (40.0 min)
  2. Calvert County (33.6 min)
  3. Prince George's County (32.5 min)

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Calvert County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 33.6 minutes to get to work in Calvert County. That's 50% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the 3 slowest counties in Maryland

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 18.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Calvert County

  • Car: 78.5%
  • Worked at Home: 18.5%
  • Public Transportation: 1.2% unusually low
  • Walked: 0.9%
  • Other: 0.7%
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1%
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is unusually rare in Calvert County: 3.4 times less than the Maryland average (1.2% vs 4.2%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Calvert County: 46.3 times less than the Maryland average (0.0% vs 0.5%).

Biking is unusually rare in Calvert County: 4.6 times less than the Maryland average (0.1% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Calvert County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Calvert 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 Public Transportation Walked Other Bicycle Taxi Motorcycle
2009 89.7% 5.8% 2.7% 0.8% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2010 90.3% 5.4% 2.7% 0.7% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.4%
2011 90.8% 4.6% 3.1% 0.7% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3%
2012 91.0% 4.0% 3.4% 0.8% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3%
2013 91.2% 4.2% 3.2% 0.8% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2%
2014 91.3% 4.1% 3.1% 0.9% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
2015 90.5% 4.3% 3.3% 1.0% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2016 90.1% 4.7% 3.3% 0.9% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2017 90.1% 5.3% 3.0% 0.7% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2018 90.1% 4.7% 3.4% 0.7% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2019 89.9% 5.1% 3.2% 0.8% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2020 88.3% 7.5% 2.6% 0.7% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2021 85.5% 10.7% 2.0% 0.8% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2022 83.1% 13.0% 1.9% 0.9% 0.8% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
2023 80.0% 16.4% 1.7% 0.8% 0.8% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
2024 78.5% 18.5% 1.2% 0.9% 0.7% 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 2014 at 91.3%. Overall it fell from 89.7% in 2009 to 78.5% in 2024, down 11.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Calvert County: its share of workers rose from 5.8% in 2009 to 18.5% in 2024, up 12.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 13.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.7% to 1.2% of workers (down 1.5 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Calvert County

  • Dawn PatrolThe 2nd-highest share of pre-6 AM departures among Maryland's 24 counties: 22.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM.
  • Rush-Hour DodgersThe 3rd-lowest share of rush-hour departures among Maryland's 24 counties: only 41.0% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Calvert County?

The bars show when commuters in Calvert 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
9.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
7.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
11.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
10.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
12.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
8.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
10.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
5.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
5.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
3.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
6.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
3.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Calvert County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 12.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.0% across Maryland. Early starts are more common than in Maryland: 22.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Maryland: 41.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.3%) 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 Calvert 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 Calvert 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 Calvert 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 Calvert County Maryland United States
2009 7:07 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:05 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:04 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:03 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:05 AM 7:35 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:06 AM 7:35 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:05 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:05 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:06 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:02 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:02 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:03 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:06 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:07 AM 7:38 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:12 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:16 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Calvert County were on the road by 7:16 AM, 8 minutes later than in 2009 (7:07 AM). The shift is sharper than across Maryland, where the typical start moved 4 minutes later. Commuters in Calvert County now leave 22 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Calvert County has moved 14 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Calvert County in the whole series.

How does Calvert County's commute time compare?

Metric Calvert County Maryland US Average
Avg. Commute Time 33.6 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 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 18.5% 19.3% 15.0%
Walked 0.9% 2.0% 2.4%
Public Transit 1.2% 4.2% 3.2%

The average commute time in Calvert County is 33.6 minutes, longer than the 28.3 minutes in Maryland.

1.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 4.2% in Maryland. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Maryland.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Calvert County, MD Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Calvert County, MD is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 94,313 residents against a local median of 115,126. The measure that sets Calvert County, MD apart most is one-way commute: 33.6 min, 48% above the local median of 22.7 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 14.7 min on one-way commute, so Calvert County, MD sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Calvert County, MD has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Calvert County, MD 94,313 33.6 min #6/6 18.5% #1/6 7:16 AM #3/6
St. Mary's County, MD 115,126 22.7 min 17.5% 7:14 AM
Talbot County, MD 37,917 17.8 min 15.1% 7:42 AM
Prince George's County, MD 959,665 32.5 min 17.9% 7:28 AM
Anne Arundel County, MD 597,957 25.7 min 18.5% 7:30 AM
Dorchester County, MD 32,754 21.6 min 7.3% 7:14 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Calvert County, Maryland.

Is commuting expensive in Calvert County, Maryland?

Commuters here spend an estimated 280 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,673 at a typical national wage. That's 19% more than the typical Maryland commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Calvert County, Maryland?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Calvert County, Maryland. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How common is public transit use in Calvert County, Maryland?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 1.2% of commuters use it versus 4.2% in Maryland, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How do commute times compare across counties in Maryland?

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).