Work & commute · Bangor

Work & commute in Bangor, ME

53% of Bangor’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Brewer (7%), Orono (4%) and Augusta (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53%

7,294 of 13,754 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,460 Bangor residents head out of town to work, 7,294 work right here, and 28,498 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bangor.

6,460live here, work elsewhere

7,294live and work here

28,498work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bangor goes to work

Bangor (in town)right here

53%7,294

Brewer4.1 mi away

7%1,005

Orono4.4 mi away

4%541

Augusta57.7 mi away

3%419

Hampden8.1 mi away

3%346

Hermon6.3 mi away

2%303

Portland107.8 mi away

2%228

Ellsworth22.8 mi away

2%207

Old Town8.9 mi away

1%197

South Portland111.1 mi away

1%143

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%3,071

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

How far

How far Bangor commutes

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

71%

17%

71%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bangor is a job hub

2.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bangor are

35,792 jobs are based in Bangor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bangor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bangor

35,792 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Bangor residents hold

13,754 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+6%

Jobs based in Bangor, 2013 → 2023: 33,721 → 35,792. 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.