Rockville Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Rockville, 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 Rockville: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Rockville spend about 57 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 236 hours, about 9.8 full days, spent commuting. That is about the same time on the road as the Maryland average of 28.3 minutes each way.

Rockville holds about 1.0% of Maryland's population and accounts for roughly 1.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Rockville would save about 94 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,924 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)
Rockville	28.3 min	56.6 min	236 hrs/yr	$7,309	4,240
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.

Rockville Commute Map

On average, it takes 28.3 minutes to get to work in Rockville. That's 26% 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 33.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Rockville

Driving is 25% less common in Rockville than the Maryland average (54.1% vs 72.4%).

Commute Mode Trends in Rockville, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Rockville 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	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	72.7%	5.5%	18.0%	2.7%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
2010	72.2%	5.5%	18.3%	2.7%	0.5%	0.2%	0.2%	0.4%
2011	71.2%	5.4%	19.4%	2.6%	0.6%	0.4%	0.2%	0.3%
2012	70.3%	5.9%	19.7%	2.5%	0.7%	0.5%	0.1%	0.4%
2013	70.1%	5.9%	19.8%	2.7%	0.6%	0.4%	0.2%	0.3%
2014	71.4%	6.0%	18.2%	2.8%	0.5%	0.7%	0.2%	0.2%
2015	71.3%	5.5%	18.7%	2.9%	0.6%	0.8%	0.1%	0.1%
2016	71.5%	5.8%	18.4%	2.8%	0.7%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%
2017	72.7%	5.1%	18.1%	2.6%	0.7%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%
2018	72.6%	5.3%	17.1%	3.3%	0.8%	0.6%	0.3%	0.1%
2019	70.5%	6.1%	18.3%	3.2%	1.0%	0.4%	0.3%	0.1%
2020	65.3%	13.9%	16.0%	2.9%	0.8%	0.6%	0.4%	0.1%
2021	60.8%	20.6%	13.9%	2.4%	0.9%	0.7%	0.5%	0.1%
2022	56.6%	26.5%	12.2%	2.3%	1.1%	0.7%	0.5%	0.2%
2023	54.0%	30.4%	11.5%	1.9%	1.1%	0.5%	0.5%	0.1%
2024	54.1%	33.1%	9.5%	1.5%	0.8%	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2023 at 54.0%. Overall it fell from 72.7% in 2009 to 54.1% in 2024, down 18.6 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Rockville: its share of workers rose from 5.5% in 2009 to 33.1% in 2024, up 27.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 27.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 18.0% to 9.5% of workers (down 8.5 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 Rockville

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Rockville?

The bars show when commuters in Rockville 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		3.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		1.2%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.8%
6:00-6:29 AM		4.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		12.2%
8:00-8:29 AM		13.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		10.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		12.9%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.4%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		2.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Rockville is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.0% across Maryland. Early starts are less common than in Maryland: 8.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Maryland: 50.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.1%) 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 Rockville, 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 Rockville 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 Rockville 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	Rockville	Maryland	United States
2009	8:02 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:03 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2011	8:03 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	8:03 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:04 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:04 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:03 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:04 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:04 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	8:06 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	8:07 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	8:05 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:05 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:01 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:01 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:01 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Rockville were on the road by 8:01 AM, 1 minute earlier than in 2009 (8:02 AM). That goes against the trend across Maryland, where the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Rockville now leave 23 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Rockville has moved 6 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Rockville in the whole series.

How does Rockville's commute time compare?

Metric	Rockville	Maryland	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	28.3 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	33.1%	19.3%	15.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	9.5%	4.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Rockville is about the same as in Maryland.

9.5% commute by public transit, higher than the 4.2% in Maryland. 1.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Maryland.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Rockville, MD Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Rockville, MD compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Rockville, MD	60,580	28.3 min #2/3	33.1% #2/3	8:01 AM #2/3
North Bethesda, MD	50,620	27.5 min	37.1%	8:13 AM
Aspen Hill, MD	53,456	31.6 min	22.8%	7:42 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Rockville, Maryland.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 236 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,309 at a typical national wage.

When is rush hour worst in Rockville, Maryland?

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

How much money can remote workers save in Rockville, Maryland?

About 33.1% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Rockville would save about 94 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,924 at the same national wage assumption used above.