What is the average commute in Gorham CDP, Maine?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Gorham CDP, Maine work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.4 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · ME · GEOID 23282052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gorham, Maine

Name: Commute estimates for Gorham CDP, Maine
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.0 min one way; 20.4% worked from home, 58.8% drove alone, and 9.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.0 min±11.9 min MOE

Worked from home20.4%±6.4 pp MOE

Drove alone58.8%±7.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.5%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 Gorham CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.7 min → 32.0 min▲ 4.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.3% → 20.4%▲ 6.1 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.6%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.8% → 58.8%▼ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Gorham CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 58.8%; 0.6% used public transit and 20.4% worked from home.

Drive alone58.8% ±7.2 pp

Carpool4.5% ±3.6 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.7 pp

Walk12.7% ±5.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home20.4% ±6.4 pp

Each share uses 4,326 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Gorham CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 84th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

84^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Gorham CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,326 workers age 16+, including 3,443 workers with reported travel time and 883 home workers.

Population estimate7,593± 835 MOE

Workers age 16+4,326± 666 MOE

Workers with travel time3,443± 607 MOE

Estimated home workers883± 310 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

Comparable Maine commute records for Gorham CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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