Work & commute · Appleton

Work & commute in Appleton, ME

Most working residents leave Appleton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Rockport (12%), Rockland (11%) and Camden (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 530 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 497 Appleton residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Appleton.

497live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

127work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Appleton goes to work

Rockport12.5 mi away

12%61

Rockland13.9 mi away

11%56

Camden11.5 mi away

9%50

Hope5.6 mi away

7%39

Appleton (in town)right here

6%33

Belfast15 mi away

5%25

Warren11.9 mi away

4%22

Augusta23.1 mi away

4%20

Thomaston14 mi away

4%19

Portland64.6 mi away

3%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%188

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

How far

How far Appleton commutes

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

24%

49%

14%

13%

24%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Appleton is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Appleton are

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

Jobs based in Appleton

160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Appleton residents hold

530 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+158%

Jobs based in Appleton, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 160. 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.