ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · ME · GEOID 23646752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Saco, Maine

Mean one-way trip23.8 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home19.0%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone70.4%±3.9 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 commute24.5 min → 23.8 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.6% → 19.0%▲ 9.4 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.8%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.4% → 70.4%▼ 7.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.4% ±3.9 pp
Carpool7.0% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±0.7 pp
Work from home19.0% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 11,492 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.

43thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% 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 estimate20,819± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+11,492± 589 MOE
Workers with travel time9,306± 562 MOE
Estimated home workers2,186± 434 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.