Fort Washington Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Fort Washington, 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 Fort Washington: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Fort Washington 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 18% more time on the road than the Maryland average of 28.3 minutes each way, a difference of 5.2 minutes.

Fort Washington holds about 0.4% of Maryland's population and accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Fort Washington would save about 111 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,454 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)
Fort Washington	33.4 min	66.8 min	279 hrs/yr	$8,634	2,316
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.

Fort Washington Commute Map

On average, it takes 33.4 minutes to get to work in Fort Washington. That's 49% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 19.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Fort Washington

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

Biking is essentially absent in Fort Washington, versus 0.3% in Maryland.

Commute Mode Trends in Fort Washington, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Fort Washington 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	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	83.6%	4.8%	10.4%	0.7%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2010	83.8%	4.3%	11.1%	0.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	84.0%	5.1%	10.1%	0.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	84.6%	4.9%	9.5%	0.4%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	85.5%	3.9%	9.7%	0.4%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	84.8%	4.3%	9.9%	0.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	84.3%	4.6%	9.7%	0.5%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	85.1%	4.4%	9.1%	0.6%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	84.5%	4.0%	9.3%	0.6%	1.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	83.5%	4.4%	9.6%	0.9%	1.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	85.1%	4.2%	8.0%	1.3%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%
2020	84.0%	5.6%	7.4%	1.9%	0.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%
2021	80.1%	10.6%	6.6%	1.6%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2022	77.4%	14.7%	5.7%	1.2%	0.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	75.3%	16.8%	4.4%	1.9%	1.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	73.7%	19.7%	3.6%	1.5%	1.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2013 at 85.5%. Overall it fell from 83.6% in 2009 to 73.7% in 2024, down 9.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Fort Washington: its share of workers rose from 4.8% in 2009 to 19.7% in 2024, up 14.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 15.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 10.4% to 3.6% of workers (down 6.8 percentage points).

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

Commute Start Times in Fort Washington

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Fort Washington?

The bars show when commuters in Fort Washington 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		9.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.9%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		10.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		5.5%
7:00-7:29 AM		18.5%
7:30-7:59 AM		7.4%
8:00-8:29 AM		11.4%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.7%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.2%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Fort Washington is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.0% across Maryland. Early starts are more common than in Maryland: 21.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Maryland: 42.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.1%) 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 Fort Washington, 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 Fort Washington 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 Fort Washington 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	Fort Washington	Maryland	United States
2009	7:22 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:24 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:22 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:20 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:20 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:18 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:13 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:15 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:10 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:11 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:15 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:11 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:16 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:20 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:20 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:19 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Fort Washington were on the road by 7:19 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:22 AM). That goes against the trend across Maryland, where the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Fort Washington 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 Fort Washington has moved 4 minutes later.

How does Fort Washington's commute time compare?

Metric	Fort Washington	Maryland	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	33.4 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	19.7%	19.3%	15.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	3.6%	4.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Fort Washington is 33.4 minutes, longer than the 28.3 minutes in Maryland.

3.6% commute by public transit, lower than the 4.2% in Maryland. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Maryland.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Fort Washington, Maryland.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 279 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,634 at a typical national wage. That's 18% more than the typical Maryland commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Fort Washington, Maryland?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Fort Washington, Maryland. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.