ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · ME · GEOID 23270852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gardiner, Maine

Mean one-way trip30.1 min±7.1 min MOE
Worked from home13.9%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone73.4%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.1%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 commute27.5 min → 30.1 min▲ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.7% → 13.9%▲ 8.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.2%▲ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.3% → 73.4%▼ 8.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.4% ±5.4 pp
Carpool6.6% ±2.3 pp
Public transit1.2% ±1.4 pp
Walk4.0% ±3.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home13.9% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 3,003 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.

78thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% 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.

71thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,088± 21 MOE
Workers age 16+3,003± 362 MOE
Workers with travel time2,585± 339 MOE
Estimated home workers418± 132 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.