Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · ME · GEOID 23339452024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Houlton, Maine
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 10.0 min one way; 6.1% worked from home, 80.1% drove alone, and 1.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip10.0 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home6.1%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone80.1%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.4%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 Houlton CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -5.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.5 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 Houlton CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,078 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Houlton CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 0th 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 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Houlton CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,078 workers age 16+, including 1,951 workers with reported travel time and 127 home workers.
Population estimate5,082± 211 MOE
Workers age 16+2,078± 257 MOE
Workers with travel time1,951± 261 MOE
Estimated home workers127± 72 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 Houlton CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.