Work & commute · Abbot

Work & commute in Abbot, ME

Most working residents leave Abbot for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Guilford (23%), Dover-Foxcroft (8%) and Bangor (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 265 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 263 Abbot residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Abbot.

263live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Abbot goes to work

Guilford7.6 mi away

23%60

Dover-Foxcroft14.7 mi away

8%20

Bangor42.6 mi away

6%15

Greenville18.8 mi away

5%14

Newport26.2 mi away

4%10

Skowhegan30.9 mi away

3%9

Pittsfield29.4 mi away

3%7

Sangerville11.3 mi away

2%6

Portland113 mi away

2%5

Auburn85.1 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%114

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Abbot commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

30%

20%

28%

22%

30%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Abbot is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.08 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Abbot are

22 jobs are based in Abbot. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Abbot’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Abbot

22 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Abbot residents hold

265 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−39%

Jobs based in Abbot, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 22. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.