ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · ME · GEOID 230212024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Piscataquis County, Maine

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 the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute26.3 min → 25.2 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 10.8%▲ 3.4 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.1% → 0.5%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.6% → 74.7%▲ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.7% ±2.5 pp
Carpool8.8% ±2.9 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.5 pp
Walk3.6% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home10.8% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 7,622 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

56thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

81thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

81thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

79th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

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

Comparable nearby records

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