Landover Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Landover, 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 Landover: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Landover spend about 64 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 266 hours, about 11.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 13% more time on the road than the Maryland average of 28.3 minutes each way, a difference of 3.7 minutes.

Landover 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 Landover would save about 106 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,301 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)
Landover	31.9 min	63.9 min	266 hrs/yr	$8,253	4,035
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.

Landover Commute Map

On average, it takes 31.9 minutes to get to work in Landover. That's 43% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 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 Landover

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

Commute Mode Trends in Landover, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Landover 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	67.7%	2.7%	26.1%	1.6%	0.5%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	67.0%	3.2%	26.2%	1.5%	0.5%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	67.7%	3.0%	26.1%	1.5%	0.5%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	68.1%	2.2%	25.5%	2.3%	0.4%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	69.2%	1.8%	25.0%	2.8%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	70.5%	2.0%	24.1%	2.9%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	72.1%	1.1%	23.7%	2.6%	0.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	73.6%	1.0%	22.6%	2.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	75.4%	1.0%	21.1%	1.6%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%
2018	75.9%	1.2%	19.8%	1.4%	0.6%	1.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2019	76.9%	1.4%	17.9%	1.1%	0.7%	1.7%	0.1%	0.1%
2020	75.5%	3.7%	14.7%	3.7%	0.8%	1.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2021	75.6%	5.8%	12.3%	3.9%	0.8%	1.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2022	75.6%	6.5%	11.2%	3.8%	1.5%	1.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	76.7%	8.4%	8.8%	3.6%	1.3%	1.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	73.3%	10.3%	9.7%	4.1%	1.2%	1.0%	0.3%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2019 at 76.9% and lowest in 2010 at 67.0%. Overall it rose from 67.7% in 2009 to 73.3% in 2024, up 5.6 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Landover: its share of workers rose from 2.7% in 2009 to 10.3% in 2024, up 7.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 26.1% to 9.7% of workers (down 16.4 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Landover

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Landover?

The bars show when commuters in Landover 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		7.4%
5:00-5:29 AM		8.5%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		13.3%
6:30-6:59 AM		5.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		6.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.3%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.5%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.5%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM		9.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.2%

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

The busiest time to head out in Landover is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.0% across Maryland. Early starts are more common than in Maryland: 20.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Maryland: 36.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.9%) 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 Landover, 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 Landover 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 Landover 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	Landover	Maryland	United States
2009	7:30 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:27 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:26 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:28 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:23 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:28 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:25 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:21 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:22 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:20 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:16 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:21 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:22 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:23 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:23 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:24 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Landover were on the road by 7:24 AM, 6 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:30 AM). That goes against the trend across Maryland, where the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Landover now leave 14 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 Landover has moved 8 minutes later.

How does Landover's commute time compare?

Metric	Landover	Maryland	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	31.9 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	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	4.1%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	9.7%	4.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Landover is 31.9 minutes, longer than the 28.3 minutes in Maryland.

9.7% commute by public transit, higher than the 4.2% in Maryland. 4.1% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Maryland.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Landover, MD Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Landover, MD	22,282	31.9 min #2/2	10.3% #1/2	7:24 AM #1/2
Woodlawn, MD	7,523	31.2 min	3.8%	7:27 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Landover, Maryland.

Is commuting expensive in Landover, Maryland?

Commuters here spend an estimated 266 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,253 at a typical national wage. That's 13% more than the typical Maryland commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Landover, Maryland?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Landover, 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.