Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · ME · GEOID 23270852024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Gardiner, Maine
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.1 min one way; 13.9% worked from home, 73.4% drove alone, and 12.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
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 Gardiner city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.2 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 Gardiner city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.4%; 1.2% used public transit and 13.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,003 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Gardiner city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 78th 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 higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Gardiner city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,003 workers age 16+, including 2,585 workers with reported travel time and 418 home workers.
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.
05 / SAME STATE
All Maine reports →Comparable Maine commute records for Gardiner city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.