Charles County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Charles County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Charles County spend about 83 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 347 hours, about 14.5 full days, spent commuting.

That is 45% more time on the road than the Maryland average of 28.8 minutes each way, a difference of 12.9 minutes.

Charles County holds about 2.8% of Maryland's population but accounts for roughly 4.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Charles County would save about 139 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $4,305 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)
Charles County	41.7 min	83.3 min	347 hrs/yr	$10,762	1,636
Maryland	28.8 min	57.5 min	240 hrs/yr	$7,433	2,353
United States	22.5 min	44.9 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,803	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

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On average, it takes 41.7 minutes to get to work in Charles County. That's 85% longer than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

Slowest county in Maryland

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM , followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 14.2% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 80.3%
• Worked at Home: 14.2%
• Public Transportation: 3.9%
• Other: 0.8%
• Walked: 0.7%
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Motorcycle commuting is unusually low in Charles County: 11.4 times less than the Maryland average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Taxi commuting is unusually low in Charles County: 5.5 times less than the Maryland average (0.1% vs 0.4%).

Bicycle commuting is unusually low in Charles County: 7.3 times less than the Maryland average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Charles County: just 0.7%, 3.0 times below the Maryland average of 2.2%.

How does Charles County's commute time compare?

Metric	Charles County	Maryland	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	41.7 min	28.8 min	22.5 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	14.2%	17.2%	13.4%
Walked	0.7%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	3.9%	4.9%	3.5%

The average commute time in Charles County is 41.7 minutes, longer than the 28.8 minutes in Maryland.

3.9% commute by public transit, lower than the 4.9% in Maryland. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Maryland.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau