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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 min, followed by Wicomico and Worcester. Source: Census ACS 5-Year, 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 min
2Wicomico23.0 min
3Worcester23.3 min
4Garrett23.7 min
5Somerset24.5 min
6Talbot24.7 min
7Kent25.4 min
8Dorchester26.9 min
9Baltimore28.0 min
10Howard28.5 min
11Cecil28.5 min
12Washington28.8 min
13Anne Arundel28.9 min
14Baltimore29.1 min
15St. Mary's29.9 min
16Montgomery31.9 min
17Harford32.1 min
18Frederick33.1 min
19Queen Anne's33.2 min
20Caroline33.4 min
21Carroll34.4 min
22Prince George's35.2 min
23Calvert39.3 min
24Charles41.4 min

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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