Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · ME · GEOID 230212024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Piscataquis County, Maine
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.2 min one way; 10.8% worked from home, 74.7% drove alone, and 12.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.2 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home10.8%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone74.7%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.9%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 Piscataquis County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 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 Piscataquis County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.7%; 0.5% used public transit and 10.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,622 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Piscataquis County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 56th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Piscataquis County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,622 workers age 16+, including 6,798 workers with reported travel time and 824 home workers.
Population estimate17,263± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,622± 327 MOE
Workers with travel time6,798± 354 MOE
Estimated home workers824± 166 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 Piscataquis County
No other Maine county in the under 25k population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.