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Oxford County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Oxford County, Maine: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Oxford County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Oxford County spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 195 hours, about 8.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 13% more time on the road than the Maine average of 20.8 minutes each way, a difference of 2.6 minutes.

Oxford County holds about 4.3% of Maine's population but accounts for roughly 4.8% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Oxford County would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,421 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)
Oxford County 23.4 min 46.9 min 195 hrs/yr $6,053 578
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.

Commute Time Map: Maine Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Maine
  1. Aroostook County (13.5 min)
  2. Piscataquis County (16.3 min)
  3. Knox County (16.6 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Maine
  1. York County (23.9 min)
  2. Oxford County (23.4 min)
  3. Somerset County (22.5 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Oxford County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 23.4 minutes to get to work in Oxford County. That's 5% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the 3 slowest counties in Maine

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 13.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Oxford County

  • Car: 83.1%
  • Worked at Home: 13.6%
  • Walked: 2.2%
  • Other: 0.6%
  • Motorcycle: 0.2%
  • Bicycle: 0.2%
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is unusually rare in Oxford County: 13.7 times less than the Maine average (0.0% vs 0.5%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Oxford County: 4.0 times less than the Maine average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Oxford County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Oxford County 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 Other Motorcycle Bicycle Public Transportation Taxi
2009 90.7% 5.7% 2.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 0.0%
2010 89.9% 6.3% 2.6% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 0.0%
2011 89.2% 6.1% 3.4% 0.4% 0.2% 0.4% 0.3% 0.0%
2012 90.2% 5.7% 3.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.4% 0.3% 0.0%
2013 90.1% 5.8% 3.1% 0.4% 0.0% 0.4% 0.2% 0.0%
2014 89.8% 6.0% 3.1% 0.4% 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2%
2015 90.5% 5.8% 2.6% 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
2016 91.0% 5.5% 2.5% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
2017 91.4% 5.0% 2.3% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.4%
2018 91.6% 4.6% 2.2% 0.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.4% 0.5%
2019 92.2% 4.7% 1.8% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
2020 89.9% 6.5% 2.1% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.1%
2021 88.6% 8.1% 2.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
2022 85.5% 10.4% 2.8% 0.9% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
2023 85.2% 11.3% 2.6% 0.6% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
2024 83.1% 13.6% 2.2% 0.6% 0.2% 0.2% 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 2019 at 92.2%. Overall it fell from 90.7% in 2009 to 83.1% in 2024, down 7.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Oxford County: its share of workers rose from 5.7% in 2009 to 13.6% in 2024, up 7.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking peaked at 3.4% in 2011 and has since fallen back to 2.2%.

Commute Start Times in Oxford County

  • Hitting SnoozeThe biggest shift to later mornings among Maine's 16 counties: the typical start is 10 minutes later than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Oxford County?

The bars show when commuters in Oxford County 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
8.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
10.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
11.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
14.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
10.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
7.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
3.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
4.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
3.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
6.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
6.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Oxford County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.8% across Maine. Early starts are more common than in Maine: 19.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.0% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Maine: 43.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.8%) 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 Oxford County, 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 Oxford County 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 Oxford County 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 Oxford County Maine United States
2009 7:09 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:10 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:12 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:12 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:11 AM 7:27 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:13 AM 7:27 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:13 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:11 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:11 AM 7:25 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:10 AM 7:24 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:11 AM 7:24 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:12 AM 7:24 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:15 AM 7:24 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:18 AM 7:24 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:21 AM 7:25 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:19 AM 7:25 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Oxford County were on the road by 7:19 AM, 10 minutes later than in 2009 (7:09 AM). That goes against the trend across Maine, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Oxford County now leave 19 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Oxford County has moved 7 minutes later.

How does Oxford County's commute time compare?

Metric Oxford County Maine US Average
Avg. Commute Time 23.4 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 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 13.6% 15.9% 15.0%
Walked 2.2% 3.4% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.5% 3.2%

The average commute time in Oxford County is 23.4 minutes, longer than the 20.8 minutes in Maine.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Maine. 2.2% commute by walking, lower than the 3.4% in Maine.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Oxford County, ME Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Oxford County, ME is typical in size for this group, 59,255 residents against a local median of 51,798, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Oxford County, ME's one-way commute, at 23.4 min, runs 15% above the 20.3 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 3.8 min on one-way commute, so Oxford County, ME sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Oxford County, ME has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Oxford County, ME 59,255 23.4 min #6/6 13.6% #4/6 7:19 AM #2/6
Franklin County, ME 30,413 18.7 min 13.0% 7:24 AM
Coos County, NH 31,270 17.5 min 8.0% 7:14 AM
Androscoggin County, ME 113,398 20.9 min 13.8% 7:26 AM
Carroll County, NH 51,798 21.3 min 16.2% 7:29 AM
Cumberland County, ME 308,608 20.3 min 21.8% 7:43 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Oxford County, Maine.

Is living in Oxford County, Maine good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 195 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,053 at a typical national wage. That's 13% more than the typical Maine commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Oxford County, Maine?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Oxford County, Maine. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Oxford County, Maine?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.5% in Maine, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How do commute times compare across counties in Maine?

Among counties in Maine, the shortest average commutes are in Aroostook County (13.5 min), Piscataquis County (16.3 min), Knox County (16.6 min). The longest are in York County (23.9 min), Oxford County (23.4 min), Somerset County (22.5 min).