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Piscataquis County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Piscataquis 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 Piscataquis County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Piscataquis County spend about 33 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 136 hours, about 5.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 22% less time on the road than the Maine average of 20.8 minutes each way, a difference of 4.5 minutes.

Piscataquis County holds about 1.2% of Maine's population but accounts for roughly 1.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Piscataquis County would save about 54 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,684 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)
Piscataquis County 16.3 min 32.6 min 136 hrs/yr $4,209 331
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

Piscataquis County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 16.3 minutes to get to work in Piscataquis County. That's 27% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 3 fastest counties in Maine

The most common departure window is 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Piscataquis County

  • Car: 83.5%
  • Worked at Home: 10.8%
  • Walked: 3.6%
  • Other: 1.2%
  • Public Transportation: 0.5%
  • Taxi: 0.4%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Piscataquis County: 6.1 times less than the Maine average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Biking is unusually rare in Piscataquis County: 23.5 times less than the Maine average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Piscataquis County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Piscataquis 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 Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 89.2% 6.9% 3.2% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
2010 89.5% 6.8% 3.1% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
2011 88.2% 7.2% 3.6% 0.5% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2012 90.1% 5.7% 3.3% 0.6% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2013 88.7% 6.1% 4.1% 0.5% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2014 88.5% 5.7% 4.6% 0.6% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2015 88.2% 6.3% 4.3% 0.6% 0.3% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
2016 90.3% 4.7% 3.9% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
2017 88.8% 6.0% 3.6% 0.7% 0.2% 0.0% 0.4% 0.3%
2018 87.4% 6.7% 4.4% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
2019 88.5% 6.6% 3.6% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
2020 88.5% 6.0% 4.2% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
2021 87.5% 7.4% 3.9% 0.7% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2022 86.0% 7.6% 5.1% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2023 86.0% 8.8% 4.0% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 83.5% 10.8% 3.6% 1.2% 0.5% 0.4% 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 2016 at 90.3%. Overall it fell from 89.2% in 2009 to 83.5% in 2024, down 5.7 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Piscataquis County: its share of workers rose from 6.9% in 2009 to 10.8% in 2024, up 3.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking peaked at 5.1% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 3.6%.

Commute Start Times in Piscataquis County

  • Early BirdThe earliest start among Maine's 16 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 6:50 AM.
  • Dawn PatrolThe highest share of pre-6 AM departures among Maine's 16 counties: 30.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM.
  • Rush-Hour DodgersThe lowest share of rush-hour departures among Maine's 16 counties: only 36.2% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
  • Earlier AlarmsThe biggest shift to earlier mornings among Maine's 16 counties: the typical start is 23 minutes earlier than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Piscataquis County?

The bars show when commuters in Piscataquis 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
16.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
6.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
7.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
11.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
11.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
9.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
9.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
5.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
4.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
4.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
6.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
2.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Piscataquis County is 12:00-4:59 AM, when 16.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 6.3% across Maine. Early starts are more common than in Maine: 30.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.0% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Maine: 36.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.8%) 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 Piscataquis 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 Piscataquis 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 Piscataquis 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 Piscataquis County Maine United States
2009 7:13 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:14 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:14 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:13 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:12 AM 7:27 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:12 AM 7:27 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:11 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:10 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:08 AM 7:25 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:10 AM 7:24 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:10 AM 7:24 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:01 AM 7:24 AM 7:37 AM
2021 6:59 AM 7:24 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:01 AM 7:24 AM 7:37 AM
2023 6:51 AM 7:25 AM 7:38 AM
2024 6:50 AM 7:25 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Piscataquis County were on the road by 6:50 AM, 23 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:13 AM). The shift is sharper than across Maine, where the typical start moved 1 minute earlier. Commuters in Piscataquis County now leave 48 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 Piscataquis County has moved 20 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Piscataquis County in the whole series.

How does Piscataquis County's commute time compare?

Metric Piscataquis County Maine US Average
Avg. Commute Time 16.3 min 20.8 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 10.8% 15.9% 15.0%
Walked 3.6% 3.4% 2.4%
Public Transit 0.5% 0.5% 3.2%

The average commute time in Piscataquis County is 16.3 minutes, shorter than the 20.8 minutes in Maine.

The share of commuters using public transit is about the same as Maine. 3.6% commute by walking, higher than the 3.4% in Maine.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Piscataquis County, ME Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Piscataquis County, ME is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 17,263 residents against a local median of 50,956. Piscataquis County, ME sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.

The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 13% below the local median at 16.3 min against 18.7 min. Piscataquis County, ME has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Piscataquis County, ME 17,263 16.3 min #2/6 10.8% #5/6 6:50 AM #1/6
Somerset County, ME 50,956 22.5 min 11.0% 7:03 AM
Penobscot County, ME 154,700 18.1 min 11.3% 7:23 AM
Aroostook County, ME 67,056 13.5 min 8.8% 7:15 AM
Waldo County, ME 40,192 22.4 min 15.6% 7:16 AM
Franklin County, ME 30,413 18.7 min 13.0% 7:24 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Piscataquis County, Maine.

Is commuting expensive in Piscataquis County, Maine?

Commuters here spend an estimated 136 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,209 at a typical national wage. That's 22% less than the typical Maine commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Piscataquis County, Maine?

Traffic peaks between 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM in Piscataquis County, Maine. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

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).