Woodlawn Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Woodlawn, 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 Woodlawn: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Woodlawn spend about 48 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 199 hours, about 8.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 15% less time on the road than the Maryland average of 28.3 minutes each way, a difference of 4.4 minutes.

Woodlawn holds about 0.7% of Maryland's population but accounts for roughly 0.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Woodlawn would save about 80 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,469 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)
Woodlawn	23.9 min	47.8 min	199 hrs/yr	$6,174	3,200
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.

Woodlawn Commute Map

On average, it takes 23.9 minutes to get to work in Woodlawn. That's 7% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 15.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Woodlawn

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Woodlawn: 3.7 times less than the Maryland average (0.1% vs 0.5%).

Biking is unusually rare in Woodlawn: 6.0 times less than the Maryland average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Woodlawn, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Woodlawn 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	Other	Walked	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	87.9%	1.7%	5.8%	0.8%	3.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
2010	87.0%	1.5%	6.5%	0.9%	3.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2011	88.3%	1.9%	5.7%	0.9%	3.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	89.2%	1.6%	5.7%	1.1%	2.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2013	90.0%	1.7%	5.7%	1.2%	1.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2014	90.0%	2.6%	5.4%	0.9%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2015	88.0%	2.9%	6.2%	0.8%	1.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	87.3%	3.2%	6.7%	0.6%	1.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2017	87.4%	3.0%	6.8%	0.5%	2.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	88.0%	3.4%	6.0%	0.5%	2.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	88.2%	2.4%	7.0%	0.4%	1.7%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2020	87.5%	5.2%	5.4%	0.4%	1.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2021	85.8%	7.7%	4.8%	0.5%	0.8%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
2022	83.0%	10.5%	4.1%	1.0%	1.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%
2023	79.8%	14.5%	3.5%	1.0%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2024	78.9%	15.6%	3.1%	1.2%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2013 at 90.0%. Overall it fell from 87.9% in 2009 to 78.9% in 2024, down 9.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Woodlawn: its share of workers rose from 1.7% in 2009 to 15.6% in 2024, up 13.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 13.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 5.8% to 3.1% of workers (down 2.7 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 Woodlawn

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Woodlawn?

The bars show when commuters in Woodlawn 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		2.6%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.0%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.4%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.6%
7:30-7:59 AM		10.4%
8:00-8:29 AM		13.4%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.3%
9:00-9:59 AM		9.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.8%
12:00-3:59 PM		8.9%
4:00-11:59 PM		9.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Woodlawn is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 13.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.9% across Maryland. Early starts are less common than in Maryland: 8.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush looks much like Maryland's: 46.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (32.6%) 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 Woodlawn, 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 Woodlawn 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 Woodlawn 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	Woodlawn	Maryland	United States
2009	7:39 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:39 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:39 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:40 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:33 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:32 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:27 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:28 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:28 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:38 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:36 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:40 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:44 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:51 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:00 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:05 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Woodlawn were on the road by 8:05 AM, 26 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 Woodlawn now leave 27 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 Woodlawn has moved 29 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Woodlawn in the whole series.

How does Woodlawn's commute time compare?

Metric	Woodlawn	Maryland	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.9 min	28.3 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 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	15.6%	19.3%	15.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	3.1%	4.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Woodlawn is 23.9 minutes, shorter than the 28.3 minutes in Maryland.

3.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 4.2% in Maryland. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Maryland.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Woodlawn, MD Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Woodlawn, MD is the 2nd largest of the 6 cities compared here, 40,959 residents against a local median of 30,831. Where Woodlawn, MD breaks from the cities next to it is work from home, sitting 15% above the local median of 13.6% at 15.6%.

The cities themselves spread 10.4% on work from home, so Woodlawn, MD sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Woodlawn, MD has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Woodlawn, MD	40,959	23.9 min #3/6	15.6% #2/6	8:05 AM #6/6
Catonsville, MD	43,371	22.4 min	20.9%	8:04 AM
Milford Mill, MD	30,831	31.1 min	12.6%	7:39 AM
Lochearn, MD	26,493	27.9 min	10.5%	7:51 AM
Arbutus, MD	22,506	22.1 min	13.6%	7:42 AM
Randallstown, MD	32,727	31.3 min	15.3%	7:33 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Woodlawn, Maryland.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 199 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,174 at a typical national wage. That's 15% less than the typical Maryland commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Woodlawn, Maryland?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Woodlawn, 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.