What is the average commute in Auburn city, Maine?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Auburn city, Maine work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · ME · GEOID 23020602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Auburn, Maine

Name: Commute estimates for Auburn city, Maine
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.7 min one way; 11.5% worked from home, 74.9% drove alone, and 5.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.7 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home11.5%±2.7 pp MOE

Drove alone74.9%±3.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.3%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 Auburn city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.8 min → 21.7 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.2% → 11.5%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.2%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.5% → 74.9%▼ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Auburn city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.9%; 0.2% used public transit and 11.5% worked from home.

Drive alone74.9% ±3.1 pp

Carpool9.5% ±2.5 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp

Walk2.7% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home11.5% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 11,405 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Auburn city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 30th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

30^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Auburn city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,405 workers age 16+, including 10,092 workers with reported travel time and 1,313 home workers.

Population estimate24,602± 29 MOE

Workers age 16+11,405± 530 MOE

Workers with travel time10,092± 539 MOE

Estimated home workers1,313± 319 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 Maine commute records for Auburn city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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