What is the average commute in Biddeford city, Maine?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.2%, 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 23048602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Biddeford, Maine

Name: Commute estimates for Biddeford city, Maine
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.7 min one way; 14.2% worked from home, 65.9% drove alone, and 3.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.7 min±2.7 min MOE

Worked from home14.2%±2.7 pp MOE

Drove alone65.9%±3.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.7%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 Biddeford city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.7 min → 23.7 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.9% → 14.2%▲ 5.3 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.3%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.6% → 65.9%▼ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Biddeford city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.9%; 0.3% used public transit and 14.2% worked from home.

Drive alone65.9% ±3.6 pp

Carpool10.2% ±2.8 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp

Walk8.3% ±1.8 pp

Bicycle0.6% ±0.5 pp

Work from home14.2% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 12,737 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Biddeford city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 43th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

43^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

24^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Biddeford city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,737 workers age 16+, including 10,929 workers with reported travel time and 1,808 home workers.

Population estimate22,498± 22 MOE

Workers age 16+12,737± 684 MOE

Workers with travel time10,929± 707 MOE

Estimated home workers1,808± 355 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 Biddeford 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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