Chillum Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Chillum, 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 Chillum: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Chillum spend about 67 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 279 hours, about 11.6 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.

Chillum holds about 0.5% of Maryland's population but accounts for roughly 0.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Chillum would save about 112 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,464 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)
Chillum	33.5 min	67.0 min	279 hrs/yr	$8,659	3,886
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.

Chillum Commute Map

On average, it takes 33.5 minutes to get to work in Chillum. That's 50% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by public transit. About 10.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Chillum

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Chillum, versus 0.1% in Maryland.

Public transit is unusually common in Chillum: 3.4 times more than the Maryland average (14.1% vs 4.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Chillum, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Chillum 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	Public Transportation	Worked at Home	Other	Walked	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	70.5%	24.8%	1.1%	0.2%	2.0%	0.4%	1.0%	0.0%
2010	68.4%	27.3%	1.6%	0.2%	1.8%	0.2%	0.6%	0.0%
2011	66.6%	28.5%	1.8%	0.2%	2.2%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%
2012	67.9%	27.9%	1.4%	0.1%	1.8%	0.2%	0.6%	0.0%
2013	66.4%	29.0%	1.4%	0.1%	2.1%	0.4%	0.6%	0.1%
2014	66.5%	29.2%	1.2%	0.2%	2.3%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%
2015	68.1%	28.0%	0.7%	0.1%	2.3%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%
2016	67.9%	28.0%	0.8%	0.2%	2.1%	0.7%	0.2%	0.1%
2017	68.4%	26.6%	1.3%	0.5%	2.1%	0.9%	0.1%	0.1%
2018	69.0%	26.0%	1.3%	0.6%	2.1%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	70.6%	24.8%	1.7%	0.7%	1.4%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%
2020	70.4%	22.6%	3.4%	0.8%	1.3%	0.7%	0.8%	0.0%
2021	70.6%	19.1%	5.4%	1.7%	1.5%	0.9%	0.8%	0.0%
2022	69.3%	17.8%	7.8%	1.4%	1.8%	1.0%	0.9%	0.0%
2023	69.1%	14.6%	9.1%	3.2%	1.7%	1.2%	1.0%	0.0%
2024	67.8%	14.1%	10.2%	3.7%	2.0%	1.2%	0.8%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2019 at 70.6% and lowest in 2013 at 66.4%. Overall it fell from 70.5% in 2009 to 67.8% in 2024, down 2.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Chillum: its share of workers rose from 1.1% in 2009 to 10.2% in 2024, up 9.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 24.8% to 14.1% of workers (down 10.7 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Chillum

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Chillum?

The bars show when commuters in Chillum 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		11.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		10.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		7.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		17.4%
6:30-6:59 AM		6.9%
7:00-7:29 AM		10.6%
7:30-7:59 AM		6.1%
8:00-8:29 AM		6.4%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.8%
9:00-9:59 AM		3.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Chillum is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 17.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.2% across Maryland. Early starts are more common than in Maryland: 28.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Maryland: 30.1% 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 Chillum, 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 Chillum 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 Chillum 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	Chillum	Maryland	United States
2009	7:28 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:30 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:25 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:24 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:29 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:24 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:20 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:21 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:20 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:21 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:22 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:17 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:13 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:08 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:03 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	6:48 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Chillum were on the road by 6:48 AM, 39 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:28 AM). That goes against the trend across Maryland, where the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Chillum now leave 50 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 Chillum has moved 33 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Chillum in the whole series.

How does Chillum's commute time compare?

Metric	Chillum	Maryland	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	33.5 min	28.3 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	12:00 AM – 04:59 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	10.2%	19.3%	15.0%
Walked	2.0%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	14.1%	4.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Chillum is 33.5 minutes, longer than the 28.3 minutes in Maryland.

14.1% commute by public transit, higher than the 4.2% in Maryland. The share of commuters using walking is about the same as Maryland.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Chillum, MD Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Chillum, MD compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Chillum, MD	32,171	33.5 min #2/3	10.2% #2/3	6:48 AM #2/3
Langley Park, MD	21,649	38.9 min	3.1%	6:27 AM
Hyattsville, MD	22,604	32.9 min	23.7%	7:37 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Chillum, Maryland.

Is living in Chillum, Maryland good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 279 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,659 at a typical national wage. That's 19% more than the typical Maryland commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Chillum, Maryland?

Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Chillum, Maryland. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in Chillum, Maryland?

Public transit usage is notably higher here than typical: about 14.1% of commuters use it versus 4.2% in Maryland, making it a realistic option for many workers.