Wicomico County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Wicomico 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 Wicomico County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Wicomico County spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 151 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 36% less time on the road than the Maryland average of 28.3 minutes each way, a difference of 10.1 minutes.

Wicomico County holds about 1.7% of Maryland's population but accounts for roughly 1.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Wicomico County would save about 60 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,872 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)
Wicomico County	18.1 min	36.2 min	151 hrs/yr	$4,680	1,334
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.

Commute Time Map: Maryland Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Maryland

Talbot County (17.8 min)
Allegany County (17.8 min)
Wicomico County (18.1 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Maryland

Charles County (40.0 min)
Calvert County (33.6 min)
Prince George's County (32.5 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Wicomico County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 18.1 minutes to get to work in Wicomico County. That's 19% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 3 fastest counties in Maryland

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Wicomico County

Driving is 22% more common in Wicomico County than the Maryland average (88.3% vs 72.4%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Wicomico County: 14.5 times less than the Maryland average (0.3% vs 4.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Wicomico County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Wicomico 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	Taxi	Other	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	92.9%	2.8%	2.2%	0.4%	0.5%	0.8%	0.3%	0.1%
2010	92.8%	2.8%	2.3%	0.5%	0.3%	0.8%	0.3%	0.2%
2011	93.1%	2.9%	1.7%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%	0.2%
2012	92.7%	3.1%	2.0%	0.4%	0.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.2%
2013	93.0%	2.9%	1.7%	0.4%	0.8%	0.7%	0.3%	0.1%
2014	92.3%	2.9%	2.0%	0.5%	0.9%	0.9%	0.3%	0.2%
2015	92.4%	2.7%	2.0%	0.6%	1.1%	0.7%	0.3%	0.1%
2016	92.7%	2.6%	2.3%	0.6%	0.7%	0.8%	0.2%	0.2%
2017	92.1%	3.3%	2.4%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%
2018	91.9%	3.5%	2.4%	0.7%	0.4%	0.8%	0.1%	0.2%
2019	91.6%	3.8%	2.1%	1.1%	0.4%	0.7%	0.2%	0.1%
2020	90.8%	4.9%	1.8%	1.2%	0.4%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%
2021	90.1%	5.9%	1.7%	1.1%	0.3%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%
2022	90.0%	6.2%	1.6%	0.8%	0.6%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	88.9%	7.5%	1.8%	0.7%	0.5%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%
2024	88.3%	7.9%	2.0%	0.7%	0.6%	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 2011 at 93.1%. Overall it fell from 92.9% in 2009 to 88.3% in 2024, down 4.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 8 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Wicomico County: its share of workers rose from 2.8% in 2009 to 7.9% in 2024, up 5.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.8% to 0.3% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Wicomico County

Rush-Hour RegularsThe 3rd-highest share of rush-hour departures among Maryland's 24 counties: 49.8% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Wicomico County?

The bars show when commuters in Wicomico 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		3.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.6%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.3%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.8%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.6%
7:30-7:59 AM		14.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		9.5%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.7%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM		8.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		8.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Wicomico County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.0% across Maryland. Early starts are less common than in Maryland: 11.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Maryland: 49.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.4%) 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 Wicomico 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 Wicomico 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 Wicomico 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	Wicomico County	Maryland	United States
2009	7:39 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:41 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:43 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:43 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:45 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:44 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:41 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:39 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:40 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:39 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:40 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:41 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:43 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:43 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:42 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:45 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Wicomico County were on the road by 7:45 AM, 6 minutes later than in 2009 (7:39 AM). The shift is sharper than across Maryland, where the typical start moved 4 minutes later. Commuters in Wicomico County now leave 7 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 Wicomico County has moved 5 minutes later.

How does Wicomico County's commute time compare?

Metric	Wicomico County	Maryland	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.1 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	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	7.9%	19.3%	15.0%
Walked	2.0%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	4.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Wicomico County is 18.1 minutes, shorter than the 28.3 minutes in Maryland.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 4.2% in Maryland. The share of commuters using walking is about the same as Maryland.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Wicomico County, MD Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Wicomico County, MD is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 104,905 residents against a local median of 33,666. Where Wicomico County, MD breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 16% below the local median of 21.6 min at 18.1 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 12.6 min on one-way commute, so Wicomico County, MD sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Wicomico County, MD has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Wicomico County, MD	104,905	18.1 min #1/6	7.9% #4/6	7:45 AM #5/6
Somerset County, MD	24,822	21.0 min	9.2%	7:29 AM
Worcester County, MD	53,701	19.0 min	12.3%	7:56 AM
Sussex County, DE	252,121	22.8 min	13.4%	7:30 AM
Dorchester County, MD	32,754	21.6 min	7.3%	7:14 AM
Caroline County, MD	33,666	31.6 min	6.9%	7:06 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Wicomico County, Maryland.

Is living in Wicomico County, Maryland good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 151 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,680 at a typical national wage. That's 36% less than the typical Maryland commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Wicomico County, Maryland?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Wicomico County, Maryland. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Wicomico County, Maryland?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.3% 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).