Biddeford Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Biddeford: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Biddeford spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 177 hours, about 7.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 2% more time on the road than the Maine average of 20.8 minutes each way, a difference of 0.5 minutes.

Biddeford holds about 1.6% of Maine's population but accounts for roughly 1.7% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Biddeford would save about 71 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,196 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Biddeford	21.3 min	42.5 min	177 hrs/yr	$5,490	1,862
Maine	20.8 min	41.6 min	173 hrs/yr	$5,372	1,015
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Biddeford Commute Map

On average, it takes 21.3 minutes to get to work in Biddeford. That's 5% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 14.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Biddeford

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Biddeford, versus 0.1% in Maine.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Biddeford, versus 0.2% in Maine.

Commute Mode Trends in Biddeford, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Biddeford get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Bicycle	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	87.6%	4.2%	4.6%	0.5%	0.9%	0.4%	1.4%	0.3%
2010	87.3%	3.7%	4.9%	0.7%	0.9%	0.5%	1.4%	0.4%
2011	88.3%	3.3%	5.1%	0.8%	0.4%	0.4%	1.3%	0.4%
2012	86.6%	4.0%	6.0%	0.8%	0.4%	0.5%	1.3%	0.4%
2013	84.1%	5.0%	8.1%	0.9%	0.3%	0.4%	0.8%	0.3%
2014	83.5%	4.7%	8.1%	0.7%	0.3%	0.4%	2.0%	0.4%
2015	84.1%	4.6%	7.9%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%	1.9%	0.4%
2016	82.5%	4.6%	8.3%	0.6%	0.5%	0.4%	2.5%	0.5%
2017	82.6%	4.1%	8.8%	1.0%	0.3%	0.8%	2.2%	0.1%
2018	85.7%	3.4%	7.2%	0.5%	0.4%	0.6%	2.2%	0.1%
2019	86.6%	4.1%	7.2%	0.5%	0.1%	1.0%	0.5%	0.0%
2020	86.2%	5.9%	6.0%	0.5%	0.2%	0.8%	0.4%	0.0%
2021	82.2%	8.9%	6.7%	0.7%	0.3%	1.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2022	81.2%	10.3%	6.4%	1.1%	0.3%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	78.7%	12.3%	7.5%	0.4%	0.3%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	76.1%	14.2%	8.3%	0.6%	0.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2011 at 88.3%. Overall it fell from 87.6% in 2009 to 76.1% in 2024, down 11.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Biddeford: its share of workers rose from 4.2% in 2009 to 14.2% in 2024, up 10.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 10.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Taking a taxi lost the most ground, falling from 1.4% to 0.0% of workers (down 1.4 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Biddeford

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Biddeford?

The bars show when commuters in Biddeford leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Maine for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		5.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.8%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.9%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.8%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.3%
7:00-7:29 AM		16.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		12.4%
8:00-8:29 AM		7.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.1%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.0%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.4%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM		12.3%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.0%

Biddeford Maine Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Biddeford is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.8% across Maine. Early starts are less common than in Maine: 14.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.0% there. The morning rush looks much like Maine's: 48.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.5%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Biddeford, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Biddeford Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Biddeford next to Maine and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Biddeford	Maine	United States
2009	7:23 AM	7:26 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:27 AM	7:26 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:26 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:28 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:32 AM	7:27 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:37 AM	7:27 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:31 AM	7:26 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:41 AM	7:26 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:40 AM	7:25 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:33 AM	7:24 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:31 AM	7:24 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:33 AM	7:24 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:30 AM	7:24 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:29 AM	7:24 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:25 AM	7:25 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:32 AM	7:25 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Biddeford were on the road by 7:32 AM, 8 minutes later than in 2009 (7:23 AM). That goes against the trend across Maine, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Biddeford now leave 6 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Biddeford's commute time compare?

Metric	Biddeford	Maine	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.3 min	20.8 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	14.2%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	8.3%	3.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Biddeford is about the same as in Maine.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Maine. 8.3% commute by walking, higher than the 3.4% in Maine.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Biddeford, ME Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Biddeford, ME compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Biddeford, ME	22,492	21.3 min #1/2	14.2% #2/2	7:32 AM #1/2
Saco, ME	20,819	22.7 min	19.0%	7:33 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Biddeford, Maine.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Biddeford, Maine?

Commuters here spend an estimated 177 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,490 at a typical national wage. That's 2% more than the typical Maine commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Biddeford, Maine?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Biddeford, Maine. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.