ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · ME · GEOID 23635902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rockland, Maine

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 12.4 min one way; 22.1% worked from home, 62.1% drove alone, and 2.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip12.4 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home22.1%±7.5 pp MOE
Drove alone62.1%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.0%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 Rockland city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute14.3 min → 12.4 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.8% → 22.1%▲ 11.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.2% → 62.1%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Rockland city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 62.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 22.1% worked from home.

Drive alone62.1% ±5.6 pp
Carpool9.1% ±4.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk6.5% ±3.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home22.1% ±7.5 pp

Each share uses 3,528 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Rockland city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 2th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

2thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

8th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Rockland city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,528 workers age 16+, including 2,750 workers with reported travel time and 778 home workers.

Population estimate7,035± 17 MOE
Workers age 16+3,528± 360 MOE
Workers with travel time2,750± 310 MOE
Estimated home workers778± 275 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 Rockland city

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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