ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · ME · GEOID 23551202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Old Orchard Beach, Maine

Mean one-way trip22.0 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home15.0%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone71.5%±8.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 commute24.7 min → 22.0 min▼ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.3% → 15.0%▲ 7.7 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.4%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.1% → 71.5%▼ 8.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.5% ±8.2 pp
Carpool9.6% ±3.9 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.6 pp
Walk3.4% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home15.0% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 5,053 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.

32thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

25th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,244± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+5,053± 447 MOE
Workers with travel time4,295± 446 MOE
Estimated home workers758± 233 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.