Mean Commuting Time for Workers (5-year estimate) in Howard County, MD

Observations

2023: 28.82233

Updated: Dec 12, 2024 9:40 AM CST

2023:	28.82233
2022:	29.50975
2021:	30.38306
2020:	31.08188
2019:	31.18397

Units:

Minutes,

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Annual

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Mean Commuting Time for Workers in Howard County, MD	2017-02-03	2018-12-05
Mean Commuting Time for Workers (5-year estimate) in Howard County, MD	2018-12-06	2024-12-12

Source

U.S. Census Bureau	2017-02-03	2024-12-12

Release

Mean Commute Time	2017-02-03	2024-12-12

Units

Minutes	2017-02-03	2024-12-12

Frequency

Annual	2017-02-03	2024-12-12

Seasonal Adjustment

Not Seasonally Adjusted	2017-02-03	2024-12-12

Notes

This series is calculated by dividing the aggregate travel time to work for all workers by the total number of workers, 16-years old and older, who commute. The data is comprised of estimates found in tables B08013 and B08012 of the American Community Survey, respectively. Multiyear estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) are "period" estimates derived from a data sample collected over a period of time, as opposed to "point-in-time" estimates such as those from past decennial censuses. ACS 5-year estimate includes data collected over a 60-month period. The date of the data is the end of the 5-year period. For example, a value dated 2014 represents data from 2010 to 2014. However, they do not describe any specific day, month, or year within that time period. Multiyear estimates require some considerations that single-year estimates do not. For example, multiyear estimates released in consecutive years consist mostly of overlapping years and shared data. The 2010–2014 ACS 5-year estimates share sample data from 2011 through 2014 with the 2011–2015 ACS 5-year estimates. Because of this overlap, users should use extreme caution in making comparisons with consecutive years of multiyear estimates. Please see "Section 3: Understanding and Using ACS Single-Year and Multiyear Estimates" on publication page 13 (file page 19) of the 2018 ACS General Handbook for a more thorough clarification. https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2018/acs/acs_general_handbook_2018.pdf	2017-02-03	2018-12-05
Mean commuting time is calculated by dividing the aggregate travel time to work for all workers (in minutes) by the total number of workers, 16-years old and older, who commute (ACS 5-year variables B08013_001E from table B08013 and B08012_001E from table B08012, respectively). Multiyear estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) are "period" estimates derived from a data sample collected over a period of time, as opposed to "point-in-time" estimates such as those from past decennial censuses. ACS 5-year estimate includes data collected over a 60-month period. The date of the data is the end of the 5-year period. For example, a value dated 2014 represents data from 2010 to 2014. However, they do not describe any specific day, month, or year within that time period. Multiyear estimates require some considerations that single-year estimates do not. For example, multiyear estimates released in consecutive years consist mostly of overlapping years and shared data. The 2010–2014 ACS 5-year estimates share sample data from 2011 through 2014 with the 2011–2015 ACS 5-year estimates. Because of this overlap, users should use extreme caution in making comparisons with consecutive years of multiyear estimates. Please see "Section 3: Understanding and Using ACS Single-Year and Multiyear Estimates" on publication page 13 (file page 19) of the 2018 ACS General Handbook (https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2018/acs/acs_general_handbook_2018.pdf) for a more thorough clarification.	2018-12-06	2024-12-12