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Counties With the Shortest Commute in Maine (2026)

Aroostook has the lowest commute time of any county in Maine, at 18.3 min, followed by Knox and Washington. Source: Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024. The full ranking of the top 16 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: Census ACS 5-Year

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Shortest counties for commute time in Maine

Top 16 of 16 counties with data.

Ranked by avg commute time (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), lowest first.

Shortest counties for commute time in Maine
RankCountyValue
1Aroostook18.3 min
2Knox19.6 min
3Washington21.6 min
4Penobscot22.7 min
5Cumberland23.2 min
6Lincoln23.3 min
7Androscoggin24.4 min
8Piscataquis25.2 min
9Kennebec25.4 min
10Hancock25.4 min
11Sagadahoc25.8 min
12Waldo26.6 min
13Franklin26.8 min
14York27.7 min
15Somerset28.0 min
16Oxford28.9 min

How this ranking works

This page ranks Maine counties by avg commute time, sorted so the shortest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For commute time, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh commute time against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of avg commute time.

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