What is the average commute in Old Orchard Beach CDP, Maine?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Old Orchard Beach CDP, Maine work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 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 23551202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Old Orchard Beach, Maine

Name: Commute estimates for Old Orchard Beach CDP, Maine
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.0 min one way; 15.0% worked from home, 71.5% drove alone, and 3.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Old Orchard Beach CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.7 percentage points.

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 Old Orchard Beach CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.5%; 0.4% used public transit and 15.0% worked from home.

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

How Old Orchard Beach CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 32th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

32^thMean commute percentile

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

64^thWork-from-home percentile

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

52^thTransit percentile

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

25^th60+ 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 Old Orchard Beach CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,053 workers age 16+, including 4,295 workers with reported travel time and 758 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Maine commute records for Old Orchard Beach 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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