Commuting in Garrett County, 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 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 34% less time on the road than the Maryland average of 28.3 minutes each way, a difference of 9.5 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 $1,942 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
$4,855
431
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.
On average, it takes
18.8
minutes to get to work in
Garrett County.
That's 16% shorter than the 22.4-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. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 12.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Garrett County
Car:
83.5%
Worked at Home:
12.3%
Walked:
2.0%
Public Transportation:
1.1%unusually low
Other:
0.7%
Bicycle:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Garrett County: 4.0 times less than the Maryland average (1.1% vs 4.2%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Garrett County, versus 0.5% in Maryland.
Commute Mode Trends in Garrett County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Garrett County 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
Walked
Public Transportation
Other
Bicycle
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
88.5%
6.4%
3.6%
0.2%
0.9%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2010
88.3%
6.0%
3.9%
0.2%
1.1%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2011
88.9%
6.3%
3.3%
0.3%
1.0%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2012
88.5%
6.8%
3.1%
0.3%
1.0%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2013
89.0%
7.0%
2.6%
0.5%
0.5%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2014
89.9%
6.3%
2.6%
0.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2015
90.7%
5.9%
2.3%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2016
88.6%
6.6%
3.7%
0.6%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2017
89.5%
5.7%
3.7%
0.6%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2018
89.5%
5.4%
3.9%
0.4%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
88.5%
6.7%
3.8%
0.4%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
88.0%
7.9%
3.0%
0.8%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
88.7%
8.3%
1.6%
0.8%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
86.8%
9.9%
1.4%
1.0%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
85.6%
11.1%
1.6%
0.7%
0.5%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2024
83.5%
12.3%
2.0%
1.1%
0.7%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2015 at 90.7%. Overall it fell from 88.5% in 2009 to 83.5% in 2024, down 5.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Garrett County: its share of workers rose from 6.4% in 2009 to 12.3% in 2024, up 5.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.6% to 2.0% of workers (down 1.6 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Garrett County
🛌Hitting SnoozeThe 3rd-biggest shift to later mornings among Maryland's 24 counties: the typical start is 9 minutes later than in 2009.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Garrett County?
The bars show when commuters in Garrett County 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
12:00-4:59 AMGarrett County5.5%Maryland5.5%
5.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMGarrett County3.7%Maryland4.5%
3.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMGarrett County6.6%Maryland4.8%
6.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMGarrett County7.6%Maryland9.2%
7.6%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMGarrett County9.0%Maryland8.6%
9.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMGarrett County12.5%Maryland14.0%
12.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMGarrett County18.0%Maryland10.8%
18.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMGarrett County9.2%Maryland11.9%
9.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMGarrett County6.9%Maryland6.2%
6.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMGarrett County4.3%Maryland7.9%
4.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMGarrett County3.7%Maryland3.3%
3.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMGarrett County2.1%Maryland1.5%
2.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMGarrett County5.9%Maryland6.3%
5.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMGarrett County5.1%Maryland5.5%
5.1%
Garrett CountyMarylandSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Garrett County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 18.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.8% across Maryland. Early starts are about as common as in Maryland: 15.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Maryland: 48.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.1%) 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 Garrett County, 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 Garrett County 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 Garrett County 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
Garrett County
Maryland
United States
2009
7:29 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:34 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:32 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:31 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:37 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:38 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:37 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:38 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:36 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:32 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:29 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:29 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Garrett County were on the road by 7:39 AM, 9 minutes later than in 2009 (7:29 AM). The shift is sharper than across Maryland, where the typical start moved 4 minutes later. Commuters in Garrett County now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Garrett County has moved 10 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Garrett County in the whole series.
How does Garrett County's commute time compare?
Metric
Garrett County
Maryland
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.8 min
28.3 min
22.4 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
12.3%
19.3%
15.0%
Walked
2.0%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.1%
4.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in Garrett County is 18.8 minutes, shorter than the 28.3 minutes in Maryland.
1.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 4.2% in Maryland. The share of commuters using walking is about the same as Maryland.
Garrett County, MD Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Garrett County, MD is typical in size for this group, 28,615 residents against a local median of 26,854, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. The measure that sets Garrett County, MD apart most is work from home: 12.3%, 35% above the local median of 9.1%.
The counties themselves spread 2.2% on work from home, so Garrett County, MD sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Garrett County, MD has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Garrett County, Maryland.
Is commuting expensive in Garrett County, Maryland?
Commuters here spend an estimated 157 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,855 at a typical national wage. That's 34% less than the typical Maryland commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Garrett County, Maryland?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Garrett County, 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.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Garrett County, Maryland?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 1.1% of commuters use it versus 4.2% in Maryland, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
How do commute times compare across counties in Maryland?
Among counties in Maryland, the shortest average commutes are in Talbot County (17.8 min), Allegany County (17.8 min), Wicomico County (18.1 min). The longest are in Charles County (40.0 min), Calvert County (33.6 min), Prince George's County (32.5 min).