Work & commute · Addison

Work & commute in Addison, ME

Most working residents leave Addison for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Harrington (11%), Machias (9%) and Columbia Falls (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 375 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 359 Addison residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Addison.

359live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

110work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Addison goes to work

Harrington5 mi away

11%40

Machias17.6 mi away

9%35

Columbia Falls12.2 mi away

9%33

Milbridge8.8 mi away

8%31

Columbia11.5 mi away

6%24

Bangor57.2 mi away

6%23

Cherryfield13.2 mi away

5%19

Addison (in town)right here

4%16

Ellsworth38.3 mi away

4%14

Steuben11.7 mi away

3%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%127

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

How far

How far Addison commutes

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

42%

21%

11%

26%

42%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Addison is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Addison are

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

Jobs based in Addison

126 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Addison residents hold

375 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+15%

Jobs based in Addison, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 126. 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.