Work & commute · Bar Harbor

Work & commute in Bar Harbor, ME

57% of Bar Harbor’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Mount Desert (6%), Ellsworth (5%) and Southwest Harbor (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

57%

1,170 of 2,068 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 898 Bar Harbor residents head out of town to work, 1,170 work right here, and 2,996 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bar Harbor.

898live here, work elsewhere

1,170live and work here

2,996work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bar Harbor goes to work

Bar Harbor (in town)right here

57%1,170

Mount Desert5.5 mi away

6%123

Ellsworth16.7 mi away

5%108

Southwest Harbor10 mi away

3%57

Bangor39.5 mi away

3%55

Portland109.1 mi away

2%50

Trenton7.8 mi away

1%31

Augusta72.8 mi away

1%27

Brewer35.4 mi away

1%20

South Portland113.6 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%408

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

How far

How far Bar Harbor commutes

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

67%

17%

67%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bar Harbor is a job hub

2.01jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bar Harbor are

4,166 jobs are based in Bar Harbor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bar Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bar Harbor

4,166 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Bar Harbor residents hold

2,068 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+13%

Jobs based in Bar Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 3,677 → 4,166. 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.