Work & commute · Beals

Work & commute in Beals, ME

Most working residents leave Beals for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Jonesport (22%), Machias (17%) and Jonesboro (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 156 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 151 Beals residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beals.

151live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

101work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beals goes to work

Jonesport9.9 mi away

22%34

Machias18.9 mi away

17%27

Jonesboro15.2 mi away

8%12

Bangor64 mi away

6%9

Portland140 mi away

3%5

Beals (in town)right here

3%5

Harrington12.4 mi away

3%5

Milbridge12.9 mi away

3%5

Ellsworth44.2 mi away

3%4

Belfast70.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%47

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

How far

How far Beals commutes

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

29%

36%

28%

29%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beals is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Beals are

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

Jobs based in Beals

106 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Beals residents hold

156 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month37%

+61%

Jobs based in Beals, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 106. 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.