What is the average commute in Orono CDP, Maine?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 15.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 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 23555752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Orono, Maine

Name: Commute estimates for Orono CDP, Maine
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.2 min one way; 11.0% worked from home, 58.5% drove alone, and 2.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.2 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home11.0%±3.2 pp MOE

Drove alone58.5%±6.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.3%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 Orono CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute15.8 min → 15.2 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 11.0%▲ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.6%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone61.7% → 58.5%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Orono CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 58.5%; 0.6% used public transit and 11.0% worked from home.

Drive alone58.5% ±6.1 pp

Carpool8.3% ±3.6 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.6 pp

Walk18.9% ±3.4 pp

Bicycle0.7% ±0.6 pp

Work from home11.0% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 5,598 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Orono CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

5^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% 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.

10^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Orono CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,598 workers age 16+, including 4,984 workers with reported travel time and 614 home workers.

Population estimate11,151± 244 MOE

Workers age 16+5,598± 394 MOE

Workers with travel time4,984± 355 MOE

Estimated home workers614± 186 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 Orono 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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