Work & commute · Allagash

Work & commute in Allagash, ME

Most working residents leave Allagash for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Kent (41%), Madawaska (7%) and St. John plantation (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 75 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 74 Allagash residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Allagash.

74live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Allagash goes to work

Fort Kent27.4 mi away

41%31

Madawaska42.3 mi away

7%5

St. John plantation18.1 mi away

4%3

New Canada29.4 mi away

4%3

Ashland45.6 mi away

4%3

Portland244.8 mi away

3%2

Lewiston213.9 mi away

3%2

Bangor157.2 mi away

3%2

Augusta193.1 mi away

3%2

Caribou57.8 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%20

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

How far

How far Allagash commutes

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

23%

47%

29%

1%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

47%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Allagash is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Allagash are

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

Jobs based in Allagash

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less61%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month6%

Jobs Allagash residents hold

75 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+3%

Jobs based in Allagash, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 31. 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.