ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · ME · GEOID 23048602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Biddeford, Maine

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

43thMean commute percentile

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

61thWork-from-home percentile

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

50thTransit percentile

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

24th60+ 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 the shares

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.