How long is the commute in Baltimore?

Average travel time to work in Baltimore, MD, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Baltimore gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 24.7 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 56.8
• Carpooled: 6.9
• Transit: 11.5
• Walked: 5.6
• From home: 15.9

Average commute (minutes)

• Baltimore: 24.7
• Baltimore city: 24.7
• MD: 26.1
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 15.9% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 1.8 minutes longer than the national average.

Working from home went from 3.1% of workers in 2015 to 15.9% in the latest estimates.