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Counties With the Shortest Commute in Maryland (2026)

Allegany has the lowest commute time of any county in Maryland, at 22.7, followed by Wicomico and Worcester (data vintage 2020-2024). The full ranking of the top 24 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: Census ACS 5-Year

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Shortest counties for commute time in Maryland

Top 24 of 24 counties with data.

Ranked by avg commute time (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), lowest first.

Shortest counties for commute time in Maryland
RankCountyValue
1Allegany22.7
2Wicomico23.0
3Worcester23.3
4Garrett23.7
5Somerset24.5
6Talbot24.7
7Kent25.4
8Dorchester26.9
9Baltimore28.0
10Howard28.5
11Cecil28.5
12Washington28.8
13Anne Arundel28.9
14Baltimore29.1
15St. Mary's29.9
16Montgomery31.9
17Harford32.1
18Frederick33.1
19Queen Anne's33.2
20Caroline33.4
21Carroll34.4
22Prince George's35.2
23Calvert39.3
24Charles41.4

How this ranking works

This page ranks Maryland counties by avg commute time, sorted so the shortest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For commute time, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh commute time against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of avg commute time.

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