Dundalk Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Dundalk: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Dundalk spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 188 hours, about 7.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% less time on the road than the Maryland average of 28.3 minutes each way, a difference of 5.7 minutes.

Dundalk holds about 1.0% of Maryland's population but accounts for roughly 0.8% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Dundalk would save about 75 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,333 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)
Dundalk	22.6 min	45.1 min	188 hrs/yr	$5,832	3,317
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.

Dundalk Commute Map

On average, it takes 22.6 minutes to get to work in Dundalk. That's 1% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Dundalk

Commute Mode Trends in Dundalk, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Dundalk 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	90.9%	1.4%	2.9%	2.4%	1.0%	0.6%	0.4%	0.3%
2010	90.2%	1.2%	3.0%	2.8%	1.2%	0.7%	0.5%	0.3%
2011	91.2%	1.0%	3.2%	2.7%	0.9%	0.7%	0.4%	0.1%
2012	91.1%	0.7%	3.1%	3.2%	0.9%	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%
2013	91.5%	0.7%	3.2%	2.8%	1.1%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%
2014	90.2%	0.8%	3.9%	3.5%	1.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
2015	89.8%	1.0%	4.6%	2.8%	1.3%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%
2016	87.9%	1.2%	5.7%	2.9%	1.9%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
2017	87.0%	1.7%	6.0%	2.6%	2.0%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2018	87.2%	2.0%	5.4%	2.7%	2.0%	0.4%	0.2%	0.1%
2019	86.4%	2.4%	5.6%	2.1%	2.2%	0.9%	0.1%	0.2%
2020	85.8%	4.7%	4.5%	2.3%	1.7%	0.7%	0.2%	0.2%
2021	86.6%	5.3%	3.8%	2.0%	1.1%	0.7%	0.2%	0.2%
2022	86.7%	5.9%	3.6%	1.8%	1.0%	0.6%	0.2%	0.2%
2023	85.0%	7.2%	3.7%	1.9%	1.0%	0.7%	0.2%	0.2%
2024	83.4%	10.3%	2.7%	1.8%	1.2%	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 2013 at 91.5%. Overall it fell from 90.9% in 2009 to 83.4% in 2024, down 7.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Dundalk: its share of workers rose from 1.4% in 2009 to 10.3% in 2024, up 8.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.4% to 1.8% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Public transit peaked at 6.0% in 2017 and has since fallen back to 2.7%.

Commute Start Times in Dundalk

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Dundalk?

The bars show when commuters in Dundalk 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		6.9%
5:00-5:29 AM		6.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		8.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		11.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		12.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		9.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.1%
8:00-8:29 AM		8.3%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.8%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.1%
4:00-11:59 PM		7.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Dundalk is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 12.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.6% across Maryland. Early starts are more common than in Maryland: 21.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Maryland: 39.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.0%) 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 Dundalk, 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 Dundalk 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 Dundalk 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	Dundalk	Maryland	United States
2009	7:25 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:30 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:28 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:27 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:24 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:26 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:20 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:22 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:20 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:20 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:20 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:23 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:21 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:21 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:23 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:15 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Dundalk were on the road by 7:15 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:25 AM). That goes against the trend across Maryland, where the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Dundalk now leave 23 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 Dundalk has moved 5 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Dundalk in the whole series.

How does Dundalk's commute time compare?

Metric	Dundalk	Maryland	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.6 min	28.3 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	06:30 AM – 06:59 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	10.3%	19.3%	15.0%
Walked	1.8%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	2.7%	4.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Dundalk is 22.6 minutes, shorter than the 28.3 minutes in Maryland.

2.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 4.2% in Maryland. 1.8% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Maryland.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Dundalk, MD Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Dundalk, MD	63,263	22.6 min #1/3	10.3% #2/3	7:15 AM #1/3
Rosedale, MD	21,262	25.0 min	11.2%	7:36 AM
Essex, MD	39,226	26.5 min	7.5%	7:19 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Dundalk, Maryland.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Dundalk, Maryland?

Commuters here spend an estimated 188 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,832 at a typical national wage. That's 20% less than the typical Maryland commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Dundalk, Maryland?

Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Dundalk, 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.