Garrett County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Garrett County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Garrett County spend about 38 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 157 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting.

That is 35% less time on the road than the Maryland average of 28.8 minutes each way, a difference of 10.0 minutes.

Garrett County holds about 0.5% of Maryland's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Garrett County would save about 63 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,945 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)
Garrett County	18.8 min	37.6 min	157 hrs/yr	$4,862	431
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 18.8 minutes to get to work in Garrett County. That's 16% shorter than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 5 fastest counties in Maryland

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM , followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 11.1% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 85.6%
• Worked at Home: 11.1%
• Walked: 1.6%
• Public Transportation: 0.7% unusually low
• Other: 0.5%
• Bicycle: 0.3%
• Motorcycle: 0.2%
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Public Transportation commuting is unusually low in Garrett County: 6.7 times less than the Maryland average (0.7% vs 4.9%).

Taxi commuting is essentially absent in Garrett County, versus 0.4% in Maryland.

How does Garrett County's commute time compare?

Metric	Garrett County	Maryland	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.8 min	28.8 min	22.5 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 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	11.1%	17.2%	13.4%
Walked	1.6%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.7%	4.9%	3.5%

The average commute time in Garrett County is 18.8 minutes, shorter than the 28.8 minutes in Maryland.

0.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 4.9% in Maryland. 1.6% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Maryland.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau