Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · ME · GEOID 23083952024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Brunswick, Maine
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.8 min one way; 18.0% worked from home, 57.9% drove alone, and 5.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.8 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home18.0%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone57.9%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.5%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 Brunswick CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 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 Brunswick CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 57.9%; 0.4% used public transit and 18.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 8,597 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Brunswick CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 37th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Brunswick CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 8,597 workers age 16+, including 7,047 workers with reported travel time and 1,550 home workers.
Population estimate17,652± 447 MOE
Workers age 16+8,597± 480 MOE
Workers with travel time7,047± 479 MOE
Estimated home workers1,550± 368 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 Brunswick CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.