ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · ME · GEOID 23105652024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Caribou, Maine

Mean one-way trip14.7 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home12.5%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone72.0%±6.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.3%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute14.5 min → 14.7 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.6% → 12.5%▲ 9.0 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.8% → 72.0%▼ 8.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.0% ±6.6 pp
Carpool10.0% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk4.4% ±3.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home12.5% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 3,178 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.

4thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

20th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,382± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+3,178± 344 MOE
Workers with travel time2,780± 346 MOE
Estimated home workers398± 129 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.