Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · ME · GEOID 230272024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Waldo County, Maine
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.6 min one way; 15.6% worked from home, 72.0% drove alone, and 7.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.6 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home15.6%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone72.0%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.5%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 Waldo County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.1 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 Waldo County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.0%; 0.5% used public transit and 15.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 18,547 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Waldo County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 68th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Waldo County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 18,547 workers age 16+, including 15,659 workers with reported travel time and 2,888 home workers.
Population estimate40,192± — MOE
Workers age 16+18,547± 530 MOE
Workers with travel time15,659± 550 MOE
Estimated home workers2,888± 361 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 Waldo County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.