Camp Springs Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Camp Springs, 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 Camp Springs: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Camp Springs spend about 68 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 282 hours, about 11.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% more time on the road than the Maryland average of 28.3 minutes each way, a difference of 5.6 minutes.

Camp Springs holds about 0.4% of Maryland's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Camp Springs would save about 113 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,494 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)
Camp Springs	33.8 min	67.6 min	282 hrs/yr	$8,735	4,252
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.

Camp Springs Commute Map

On average, it takes 33.8 minutes to get to work in Camp Springs. That's 51% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 17.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Camp Springs

Walking is unusually rare in Camp Springs: 3.5 times less than the Maryland average (0.6% vs 2.0%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Camp Springs: 3.3 times less than the Maryland average (0.1% vs 0.5%).

Biking is unusually rare in Camp Springs: 3450.5 times less than the Maryland average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Camp Springs: just 0.6%, 4.0 times below the Maryland average of 2.3%.

Commute Mode Trends in Camp Springs, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Camp Springs 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	Other	Walked	Motorcycle	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	80.3%	2.1%	16.8%	0.1%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	79.2%	1.9%	17.9%	0.1%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	79.0%	1.7%	18.8%	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	77.4%	2.4%	19.8%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	76.5%	1.8%	20.9%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2014	75.9%	1.8%	21.4%	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2015	76.4%	1.8%	20.9%	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2016	76.1%	2.7%	20.1%	0.5%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2017	77.7%	2.5%	18.6%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%
2018	76.8%	3.2%	19.0%	0.4%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2019	76.9%	3.6%	18.3%	0.4%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2020	77.9%	5.5%	14.2%	1.4%	0.7%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	76.7%	9.7%	11.2%	1.5%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	75.2%	11.7%	10.8%	1.5%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	74.9%	14.2%	8.4%	1.6%	0.7%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2024	71.4%	17.3%	8.6%	1.8%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 80.3% in 2009 to 71.4% in 2024, down 8.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Camp Springs: its share of workers rose from 2.1% in 2009 to 17.3% in 2024, up 15.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 13.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 16.8% to 8.6% of workers (down 8.2 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Camp Springs

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Camp Springs?

The bars show when commuters in Camp Springs 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		4.9%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.7%
6:00-6:29 AM		13.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.5%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.2%
7:30-7:59 AM		7.0%
8:00-8:29 AM		13.1%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.4%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.4%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Camp Springs is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.0% across Maryland. Early starts are about as common as in Maryland: 15.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush looks much like Maryland's: 43.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.6%) 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 Camp Springs, 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 Camp Springs 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 Camp Springs 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	Camp Springs	Maryland	United States
2009	7:13 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:12 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:11 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:14 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:18 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:15 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:17 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:16 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:14 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:13 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:16 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:21 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:22 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:21 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:24 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:24 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Camp Springs were on the road by 7:24 AM, 12 minutes later than in 2009 (7:13 AM). The shift is sharper than across Maryland, where the typical start moved 4 minutes later. Commuters in Camp Springs now leave 14 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 Camp Springs has moved 9 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Camp Springs in the whole series.

How does Camp Springs's commute time compare?

Metric	Camp Springs	Maryland	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	33.8 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	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	17.3%	19.3%	15.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	8.6%	4.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Camp Springs is 33.8 minutes, longer than the 28.3 minutes in Maryland.

8.6% commute by public transit, higher than the 4.2% in Maryland. 0.6% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Maryland.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Camp Springs, MD Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Camp Springs, MD	23,931	33.8 min #2/2	17.3% #1/2	7:24 AM #2/2
Suitland, MD	23,950	31.8 min	16.7%	7:17 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Camp Springs, Maryland.

Is commuting expensive in Camp Springs, Maryland?

Commuters here spend an estimated 282 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,735 at a typical national wage. That's 20% more than the typical Maryland commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Camp Springs, Maryland?

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