Edgewood Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Edgewood, 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 Edgewood: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Edgewood spend about 62 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 258 hours, about 10.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 9% more time on the road than the Maryland average of 28.3 minutes each way, a difference of 2.7 minutes.

Edgewood 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 Edgewood would save about 103 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,197 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)
Edgewood	30.9 min	61.9 min	258 hrs/yr	$7,992	3,091
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.

Edgewood Commute Map

On average, it takes 30.9 minutes to get to work in Edgewood. That's 38% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Edgewood

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

Public transit is unusually rare in Edgewood: 5.3 times less than the Maryland average (0.8% vs 4.2%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Edgewood: 4.5 times less than the Maryland average (0.1% vs 0.5%).

Biking is unusually rare in Edgewood: 19.0 times less than the Maryland average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Edgewood, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Edgewood 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	Other	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	92.7%	2.0%	1.7%	0.7%	2.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%
2010	93.8%	2.1%	1.1%	0.9%	1.7%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%
2011	94.5%	1.9%	0.6%	0.9%	2.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2012	92.5%	2.4%	1.1%	1.1%	2.8%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2013	92.2%	2.5%	0.9%	0.9%	3.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2014	92.2%	2.1%	1.2%	0.9%	3.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2015	92.3%	1.5%	1.2%	1.0%	3.4%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%
2016	92.4%	1.4%	1.0%	1.0%	3.1%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	92.1%	0.9%	0.4%	1.0%	4.2%	1.2%	0.2%	0.0%
2018	92.0%	1.4%	0.3%	1.0%	3.7%	1.1%	0.5%	0.0%
2019	91.2%	1.9%	0.3%	1.0%	3.7%	1.3%	0.5%	0.1%
2020	91.5%	2.7%	0.9%	0.6%	3.2%	0.5%	0.5%	0.1%
2021	89.6%	6.0%	0.8%	0.5%	2.5%	0.0%	0.5%	0.1%
2022	87.0%	8.3%	2.3%	0.6%	1.3%	0.2%	0.4%	0.1%
2023	86.1%	8.8%	1.7%	1.5%	1.7%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	86.8%	9.4%	1.5%	1.4%	0.8%	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 was highest in 2011 at 94.5% and lowest in 2023 at 86.1%. Overall it fell from 92.7% in 2009 to 86.8% in 2024, down 5.9 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Edgewood: its share of workers rose from 2.0% in 2009 to 9.4% in 2024, up 7.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.4% to 0.8% of workers (down 1.6 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Taking a taxi peaked at 1.3% in 2019 and has since fallen back to 0.1%.

Commute Start Times in Edgewood

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Edgewood?

The bars show when commuters in Edgewood 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		7.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		7.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		8.5%
6:00-6:29 AM		11.0%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.4%
7:00-7:29 AM		10.5%
7:30-7:59 AM		8.4%
8:00-8:29 AM		9.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.4%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.1%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.8%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.3%
4:00-11:59 PM		8.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Edgewood is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 11.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.2% across Maryland. Early starts are more common than in Maryland: 22.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Maryland: 38.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.5%) 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 Edgewood, 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 Edgewood 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 Edgewood 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	Edgewood	Maryland	United States
2009	7:17 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:15 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:20 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:13 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:17 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:17 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:17 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:13 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:21 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:25 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:22 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:29 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:40 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:32 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:24 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:19 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Edgewood were on the road by 7:19 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (7:17 AM). Maryland followed the same path, with the typical start moving 4 minutes later. Commuters in Edgewood now leave 19 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 Edgewood has moved 2 minutes earlier.

How does Edgewood's commute time compare?

Metric	Edgewood	Maryland	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	30.9 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	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	9.4%	19.3%	15.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.8%	4.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Edgewood is 30.9 minutes, longer than the 28.3 minutes in Maryland.

0.8% commute by public transit, lower than the 4.2% in Maryland. 1.4% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Maryland.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Edgewood, MD Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Edgewood, MD	25,510	30.9 min #2/2	9.4% #2/2	7:19 AM #1/2
Bel Air South, MD	54,835	28.8 min	18.9%	7:36 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Edgewood, Maryland.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Edgewood, Maryland?

Commuters here spend an estimated 258 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,992 at a typical national wage. That's 9% more than the typical Maryland commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Edgewood, Maryland?

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

How common is public transit use in Edgewood, Maryland?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.8% of commuters use it versus 4.2% in Maryland, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.