Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · ME · GEOID 230112024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Kennebec County, Maine
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.4 min one way; 15.3% worked from home, 73.7% drove alone, and 8.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.4 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home15.3%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone73.7%±1.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.2%among commuters
U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.
01 / THE SHIFT
What changed in Kennebec County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.8 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Kennebec County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.7%; 0.2% used public transit and 15.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 60,135 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Kennebec County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 62th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 62% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Kennebec County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 60,135 workers age 16+, including 50,964 workers with reported travel time and 9,171 home workers.
Population estimate126,808± — MOE
Workers age 16+60,135± 1,257 MOE
Workers with travel time50,964± 1,296 MOE
Estimated home workers9,171± 947 MOE
Why the ± matters
ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.
05 / SAME STATE
All Maine reports →Comparable Maine commute records for Kennebec County
These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.